Ozarks At Large
An undocumented Arkansas college student who traveled to Mexico to attain a nursing degree back in 2011, was forced to flee back across the U.S. border this winter, and risk arrest by immigration officials in order to save her own life. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, Marisol Soto somehow made it all the way back home to Pea Ridge, Arkansas. (Photo: Marisol, Andrea, and Marianna Soto)
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses a sale of some former Whirlpool real estate in Fort Smith and the eventual arrival of Whole Foods in Fayetteville.Exxon Mobil Corp. contributes $125,000 to the Arkansas Community Foundation to assist with long-term disaster recovery efforts in Central Arkansas. Two state legislators call for another financial impact analysis for the state's Private Option program, and postal workers across the state will collect food items Saturday for one of the larger food drives in the state.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: we visit the traditions surrounding Ozark foods, and we learn the secret to a perfect pot of beans. Plus, we continue our series of conversations of this year's Arkansas gubernatorial candidates with Republican hopeful Asa Hutchinson.Historical author Velda Brotherton discusses foods she remembers eating and some she still cooks from growing up in the Boston Mountains prior to her taking part in an event this Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library.
According to a new report, the funding disparity between traditional school districts and charter schools has increased more than 54 percent in 8 years.
University of Arkansas officials yesterday unveiled a new chamber in the Human Performance Laboratory will allow researchers to have a temperature and humidity-controlled atmosphere in which to study physiological effects that heat has on the human body.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a business degree from the University of Arkansas without ever seeing Old Main or setting foot on senior walk: an online degree is now a reality. Plus, we get an update on updating Cane Hill, one of the oldest communities in the region.
Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us that the Tony-winning production “Blast” will be at the Alma Performing Arts Center this weekend.
For more details, log on to www.almapac.org.
“Sunnyside” by Kaki King
…to talk about their upcoming performance at this weekend’s Eurekapalooza festival in Eureka Springs.
“Sixteen Tons” by The Ariels
Coach Robert Pulliza is happy to be back in Fayetteville to face Mississippi State tonight.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces a significant gift to benefit school students in the region. The $10 million gift from Willard and Pat Walker Foundation will pay schools for transportation to and from the museum and a meal from the museum restaurant among other things.
“Nightswimming”” by R.E.M.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net speaks with Jay Barth, professor of political science at Hendrix College, about voter approval ratings for the President and their congressmen in a new TalkBusiness/Hendrix College poll.
