
Ozarks At Large

Matt Campbell's Blue Hog report has been an influential player in Arkansas politics.
A nearly one-thousand mile bicycle journey passed through northwest Arkansas yesterday as riders commemorate the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee people along the Trail of tears.
A new study by AARP places Arkansas 40th in the nation in terms of long-term care for the elderly. The Arkansas Air and Military Museum will kick off its monthly Airport Days celebrations Saturday, and the Walton Arts Center reschedules some performances because of construction related to expansion efforts at the Fayetteville facility.

According to the National Climate Assessment the amount of precipitation falling heavy rainstorms has increased in parts of the country.
Local artists can submit designs for a mural at the Springdale Aquatic Center and for a poster for the NWA Hispanic Heritage Festival.

The Springdale Chamber of Commerce went public yesterday with a grand plan intended to spur job growth.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the cajun-zydeco group, Snake Eyes and the Bug Band, will perform this afternoon at the Fayetteville Public Library' we hear a conversation and a song from the band, and it's sort of like soccer but on horseback: polo in Bentonville. Plus, we celebrate the horse in our Sunday Morning Montage.
Ed Nicholson and Emily Kaitz discuss their upcoming performance at the Fayetteville Public Library.
To hear more from our conversation with Outside the Lines, click here.
More than three dozen members of the Northwest Arkansas Mercy medical community traveled to Joplin yesterday.
“Eavesdropping” by Grizzly Bear
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com tells us the 1 percent prepared food sales tax remains in limbo.
This month, the Fayetteville Underground complex of gallery artists will be showing lots of sky and Sacred Earth. We provide a preview.
“Help is 'Round the Corner” by Coldplay
After some crawfish beignets, a happy Becca tells us musical buffs will be equally pleased about some of the performances happening throughout the region.
“The Moon and You” by Beau Hunks