Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
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.
Before the Amazeum broke ground on a permanent space this morning, we visit their tinkering studio to learn through experience. Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Northwest Arkansas Rape Crisis Center will soon be able to expand their efforts to survivors of sexual assault, and a traveling exhibit at the University of Arkansas this week wants college students to engage in conversations about hunger.The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
Surveys conducted through site visits to Arkansas school districts that conducted PARCC field testing this spring showed that most districts will be prepared for Common Core technology requirements this fall.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a Pea Ridge family works to bring a family member home, a new trail lets walkers, runners and cyclists see a part of northwest Arkansas that's pretty much been a secret, and the lowdown on voodoo from a guest speaker who visited the University of Arkansas campus late last week.
Last week Tim Landry, a scholar studying voodoo, spoke on the University of Arkansas campus.
An undocumented Mexican college student is being detained in a San Diego jail for illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the case is drawing attention here in Arkansas because Marisol Soto is from Pea Ridge. (Photo: Mariana Soto, left, with sister Marisol)Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
You can see a play, be in a play or plan for the weekend. Becca lists Wednesday’s opportunities.
Alan Chow and Jubilant Sykes will perform together Thursday night at Walton Arts Center. Their first-ever meeting took place at KUAF. Now, more than sixteen years later, they’re back in the station to discuss their careers, music and their upcoming concert.
Northwest Arkansas roads have been assaulted this winter by record snowfall, subzero temperatures, chemical deicer and heavy snow plows--likely creating fissures and potholes. Jacqueline Froelich reports that the state's highway budget is also pitted by a dearth of funding.
The Alma Performing Arts Center will continue its season this weekend with a musical full of Elvis hits.
