Becca says movie screenings will help celebrate Black Music Month this year.
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Joe Thompson, Arkansas Surgeon General, on Tuesday presented to a legislative oversight panel a timeline for major changes to the Private Option. Meanwhile, Cheryl Smith, the new executive director of Arkansas' Health Insurance Marketplace on Tuesday introduced herself to legislators. Foresters and biologists across the state are celebrating Pollinator Week, and next week, hundreds of veterans will descend upon Fayetteville for the Veterans Golden Age Games.
Parent blogging isn't a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one. Some of the more successful practitioners can catch the attention of ad agencies.
This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
The two candidates in this year's Arkansas governor's race recently discussed their views of what the future holds for the state's Private Option. The future of hog farms in the Buffalo River Watershed may be uncertain with a recently proposed ban on confined animal breeding operations near the national river. And the Fort Smith Fire Department may not have to travel as far for training in the future, if the city board of directors approves construction of a training facility in the city.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how the Children's House in Springdale is trying to help some of the most neglected and abused children in two northwest Arkansas counties. Plus, how a public forum tomorrow, also in Springdale, is designed to stimulate children's learning even when school is not in session.Children's House in Springdale is designed to help some of the youngest victims of abuse and neglect in northwest Arkansas.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics, says it was an especially busy week for economic matters in Arkansas, including Tyson Foods' attempt to acquire Hillshire Brands.Students begin to lose gains made throughout the academic year almost as soon as the final bell rings for summer vacation. An open forum tomorrow at the Jones Center in Springdale will address opportunities to keep students' minds active during out of school times. Many organizations will be involved, including the Arkansas Out of School Network.
Congressman Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor traded verbal blows late last week as each addressed the Delta Grassroots Caucus, which held its annual meeting in Little Rock. Enrollment in the state's Private Option continued to grow last month, as evidenced by a new report released by the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the University of Arkansas System moved forward with its future online university programs last week by hiring the school's first three employees.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Also, Walmart hosts its first open call for hundreds of U.S. suppliers.
During the first TEDx Fayetteville event held in March, Suri Surinder chose to talk about leadership during his eighteen minutes on stage. He says that good leadership can be measured by scientific means.
With Martha Shoffner's resignation as state treasurer still fresh, Governor Mike Beebe prepares to name a replacement. That's just one of the stories that Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas brings us in his weekly update of the last seven days of business and political news.
Doctor Edmond Harris, a professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas, talks with Christina Thomas about the special nature of the simple prime number five.
Here are the selections for our montage dedicated to the number five:
"Beethoven's Fifth" as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game
The Vogues sing "Five O'clock World"
How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing
School House Rock's take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough
A scene from the Britich series MI-5
The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry"
Jach Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces
Lou Bega's dance hig "Mambo No. 5"
Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0
Apologies to: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Pentagon and Subway restaurants with their five-dollar-footlong jingle.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says that Scooby and Shaggy will be in Fayetteville Tuesday and Wednesday.
