Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Benton County students participate in a surgical simulation, Arkansas’ Second District Congressman Tim Griffin talks to Roby Brock about the economy, and a reunion of three members of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Also, participating artists talk about the July edition of the Fayetteville Underground and Wayne Bell on disappointing movies.Search and rescue dog handler Vynn Stuart and her two German Shepherds travel thousands of miles annually from their home in Ashdown, Arkansas to help locate missing persons.
Things to do this weekend fall into three columns. Column A is theater, column B is music and column C is art.
Becca gives a midsummer reminder of even more markets where we can get fresh, locally-grown produce.
Call Sudhir at 426-4308 or Sachin at 366-3021 for more information. To register for The Art of Living Part 1 course, click here. To register for the Youth Empowerment Seminar, click here.
The City of Fort Smith and Advertising and Promotion Commission agree to a temporary lease agreement to manage the Civic Center. Plus more River Valley updates from Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with Arkansas photographer Tim Ernst. Also, singer/songwriter Joe Pug pays a visit to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Two Arkansas soldiers among 30 Americans killed over the weekend in Afghanistan, a faith-based prison rehabilitation program in Arkansas scheduled to end next month, chances of rain promise to offer respite from the severe heat blanketing the state and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Bowery” by Smog
Severe drought conditions in Texas and southern Arkansas lead to less hay and higher feed-prices. Sabrina McCormick from our content partner KTXK in Texarkana has this report.
Nearly eighty years ago, the Civilian Conservation Corps started building Arkansas’ first state park.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development funding for Community Development Block Grant projects has been reduced – affecting certain Fayetteville programs like Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Arkansas will have its first-ever sales tax holiday August 6-7.
For a list of items eligible for the tax exemption, visit http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/exciseTax/salesanduse/Documents/holidayItemized.pdf





