As Bentonville students and school board vote on potential mascots for the district's new high school, superintendent Michael Poore is also concerned with the building's design.
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Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, talks about the delayed opening for the Marshall's Museum and another effort to place medicinal marijuana on the Arkansas ballot.The Arkansas Forestry Commission is warning state residents that March is prime time for wildfire conditions. The Arkansas Election Commission is being taken to court over rules for absentee ballots under the state's new voter ID law. And a new report details the challenges and successes the state faces in regards to childrens' health.
In this installment of What's in a Name, we look at the history of Benton, the county and the ville.
Catch a play at Rogers High School, or attend a festival of colors in Fayetteville's Wilson Park.
Steve Inman with content partner KATV's Talk Business and Politics with Roby Brock speaks with Craig Smith, senior advisor to the political action committee Ready for Hillary.
With the passage of the private option, Roby Brock hosts a roundtable to discuss reactions to the bill's passage and upcoming primary elections.
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.
In our monthly, music review segment, we listen to Greg Laswell's new album "I Was Going To Be An Astronaut."Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers talks about First Thursday events in Fayetteville and Bentonville, “An Ouija Experiment,” and a performance by the University of Arkansas Percussion Ensemble.
“Tree Hugger” by Kimya Dawson
The Northwest Arkansas Earth Day Festival is the longest continuous Earth Day Festival in the history of Earth Day. Mikel Lolley, the chief organizer, explains.
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Sarah Lear from Trike Theatre discusses the Mary Poppins musical theatre boot camp that’s at Walton Arts Center next Saturday.
“My Rollercoaster” by Kimya Dawson
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us what’s in store for us at the Center and Northwest Arkansas Music Pavilion.
We visit Pea Ridge’s newly constructed above-ground public tornado shelter in Benton County, funded in part by an Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation program grant, as well as a state-of-the-art personal underground shelter, installed by new local business startup, SureSafe Tornado Shelters.
“Shelter” by Ray LaMontagne
