This weekend Fayetteville shoppers will be able to shop at local businesses and have an easy way to adopt a dog. More information is available at www.facebook.com/faydogdaysofsummer.Ozarks At Large
This weekend Fayetteville shoppers will be able to shop at local businesses and have an easy way to adopt a dog. More information is available at www.facebook.com/faydogdaysofsummer.A new smart phone application will allow users to track University of Arkansas transit buses in real time. Chris Nixon is one of the developers who worked on the app. More information is available here.
Much of Arkansas is under extreme drought, with portions of the Arkansas River Valley listed as exceptional. Ponds and creeks are drying up. Lake and river levels are dropping. But what about your water well? We talk with the experts about our drought-threatened water supplies.Becca Martin Brown reminds us that W. Stuart Towns, author of “Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause,” will have a reading and book signing today at Fort Smith Museum of History.
A notable part of Ramadan is prayer so the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville has allocated its lecture hall as a place where Muslims can go to pray during certain times of the day. In this interview, Hameed Naseem, faculty adviser for the Al-Islam Student Association, explains more about the holy month of Ramadan. For more information, visit Multicultural.uark.edu.
Governor Mike Beebe says he continues to look into the benefits and fiscal feasibility of Arkansas opting into the expansion of Medicaid coverage that is part of the Affordable Care Act; the Arkansas Forestry Commission says despite some recent rains in parts of the state, much of Arkansas’ fire danger remains high; and more.
Roby Brock of www.TalkBusiness.net doesn’t address workplace conflict in his usual Monday report, but aviation, utilities and new jobs in Fayetteville are part of his look back at the week’s business news
On this weekend edition of Ozarks at Large, why a car wash in Rogers has an art gallery, and how the lack of significant rain affects wildlife in our area. On this weekend edition of Ozarks at Large, why a car wash in Rogers has an art gallery, and how the lack of significant rain affects wildlife in our area.Last month, we began a series on a farm to school project taking place this summer in Fayetteville. A partnership between various organizations in the community has resulted in a grant allowing for funds to connect schools with local food producers with the aim of serving their fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias and teaching kids about where there food comes from.
Today, Christina Thomas accompanies children on a visit to the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, December 16, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, we talk to a Fayetteville resident whose grandson was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting a year ago. Plus, we learn more about Healing Ministries at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Click It or Ticket, a local celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day and more.
“Until the End of the World” by U2
Becca suggests doing something this weekend. Options include the Twilight Walk, the White Street Walk and the New Play Festival.
FHS senior Henry Hanson reads his poem about his “third place.”
“It's the End of the World” by Vitamin String Quartet
Now there's a way for UA students to dispose of old textbooks that bookstores won't buy back.
The McNair Elementary Glee Club recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to sing a few songs.
