This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Neil Compton. From his Bentonville home, he led the effort to keep the Buffalo River natural. The campaign eventually led to the river's designation as the nation's first national river. A new exhibit at the Peel Mansion and Compton Gardens is devoted to his life.Ozarks At Large
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Neil Compton. From his Bentonville home, he led the effort to keep the Buffalo River natural. The campaign eventually led to the river's designation as the nation's first national river. A new exhibit at the Peel Mansion and Compton Gardens is devoted to his life.There will soon be many more trees near Mount Comfort Road in Fayetteville, and officials in Springdale further plans for a zoning overlay district near Arvest Ballpark.
According to a U.S. Census Bureau report released last week, in 2010 and 2011, close to 15 percent of Americans were living under the federal poverty line, but in Arkansas, that number was as high as 17 percent. The state has consistently ranked among the states with the highest rates of poverty. On Ozarks at Large this week, we will examine Arkansas' poverty problem.
Today, Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar examines the various definitions of poverty and the adequacy of the country's poverty measurement system. We also find out what poverty looks like at the human level.
The autumnal montage of songs and movie clips featured, in order:
"Autumn Leaves" by Roger Williams, a clip from the Steve Martin/John Candy film, Planes Trains and Automobiles, "See You in September" by The Happenings, a scene from the movie version of On Golden Pond, "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young, a bit from the annual TV special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, the theme often heard in the film franchise Halloween, a pivotal scene from To Kill a Mockingbird and Rod Stewart’s "Maggie May".
As the sun sets this evening, the Jewish new year begins. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with a local Rabbi about the rituals and traditions associated with Rosh Hashanah, in particular an instrument called the shofar.
Over the course of the past week, we have brought you several stories about local governments opening new facilities or else expanding or rehabilitating existing facilities. Ozarks at Large’s Timothy Dennis takes a look at some of these stories in this week’s Week in Review.
The Fort Smith Sanitary Landfill is the largest in the state and now is self-sustaining. We took a tour last month.
Yesterday, artist Margot Moulton celebrated the installation of her newly finished pig statue at the Walton Arts Center as part of the Ozark Literacy Council's Pigshibition.Radine Trees Nehring discusses the seventh novel in her "To Die For" series set a War Eagle Craft Fair.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the latest acquisition by the U.S. Marshalls Museum in Fort Smith, why the drought may actually be good news for wine lovers. And we’ll have some audio previews of tonight’s Blues Challenge at George’s Majestic Lounge, sponsored by the Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, January 2, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: tigers making art near Eureka Springs, bugs on utility boxes in downtown Fayetteville and a day spent catching grasshoppers.
Becca previews a party for Community Access Television Fayetteville.
Lucinda Williams, the USS Arkansas and more in our history capsule for January 26.
The world's first, and evidently only "Walmart on Campus" has opened on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Jacqueline Froelich takes us there.
Over the weekend, the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists hosted a Skill Swap Conference to help journalists learn skills necessary for communicating online.
A bill filed in the Arkansas legislature would ban single-use plastic shopping bags from being dispensed in certain Arkansas supermarkets and convenience stores. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
