One of the country's most accomplished and most respected writers is coming to the Fayetteville Town Center Monday night.
Ozarks At Large
While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about traditional Native American ecological and cultural practices. Plus, we hear a roundtable discussion about recent political polling data for this year's statewide elections.
Around the World in 80 Days, and the story of a near lynching in 1930s Arkansas are the topics of TheatreSquared's ninth season, which was recently unveiled.
USDA Forest Service officials gathered with tribal foresters and scientists for an annual three-day conference in Fayetteville last week. Jacqueline Froelich met with three indigenous participants to talk about traditional ecological and cultural practices.
Web Exclusive: An Extended Interview With Everett Walker
Roby Brock and Scott Inmann, from Talk Business and Politics, host a roundtable discussion about what recent polls may mean for upcoming elections in Arkansas.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Mexico's history is long, rich and often misunderstood. We talk with a historian who has written eleven books on the subject. Plus, a conversation with a gubernatorial candidate who cites his business background as sufficient experience to serve in higher office in the state. And, a preview of the inaugural Homegrown Festival, debuting next week in Siloam Springs
A new book expands the understanding of Mexico's indigenous people and their interactions with Europeans over the past several centuries.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 6, 2014
Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
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
