The week ahead is National Waffle Week, and Ozarks At Large's Christina Thomas takes a look at a unique Waffle House on Fayetteville's Dickson Street.
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Ozarks At Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look at infrastructure news from the past week.
A digital repository to share information among the state's college campuses is being developed at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis spoke with the developers of the Kenex Cloud.
A quiet meeting between business leaders from Northwest Arkansas and Central Arkansas took place last week with little fanfare or public knowledge. Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness.net caught up with some of the event's attendees and has this report.
Michael J. Riha, a professor at the University of Arkansas, discusses his new book “ Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer.”
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Several area burn bans have been lifted, Rogers looks to buy land near Lake Atalanta and Governor Beebe appoints a new director for the Arkansas State Police.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: volunteers provide thousands of sack lunches annually in Fort Smith, a look at the latest work by TheatreSquared, and we speak with author Tom Andes and preview his upcoming reading in Fayetteville.
Tom Andes, a writer who used to live in Fayetteville, is coming back tomorrow night for a reading at Nightbird Books. He discussed how he preps for a reading.
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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.
The 2013 Point-in-Time Homeless Census numbers show more children in grades K-12 are homeless in Washington and Benton counties in 2013 compared to previous years.
To access data from the homeless census, visit, sociology.uark.edu.
In today's Week in Review, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis reviews happenings in the state legislature from the past seven days.
A report released Thursday by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families shows that Arkansas schools rely heavily on out of school suspensions, with many districts punishing minorities at a higher rate than white students, thus limiting their learning opportunities. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas spoke with Jerri Derlikowski, Director of Education Policy for AACF and author of the report.
"A Willful Suspension of Disbelief" by Modest Mouse
Becca Martin Brown gives us a roundup of three local eateries, including a comfort food eaterie in Gentry, a pie shop in Fayetteville, and a plate of burgers and history in Evansville.
A concert including Still on the Hill, Outside the Lines, Trout Fishing in America and the Mike Sumler Trio may be sold out, but we have a preview of sorts from the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.