How not to be bored the next few days: standup comedy, a walk around Lake Fayetteville and Arts Live presents a modified musical.
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Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there are drums, guitars and horns in our near future.
Community Health Workers in Arkansas have formed a network to better deliver public health services and share best practices.The rainy weather has caused a delay in planting for some farmers, while late freezes are causing concern for others with winter wheat crops. The state Republican party gets permission to intervene in a lawsuit regarding rules for absentee voters as part of the state's Voter ID law. And Fort Smith directors consider a set of rules regarding how city employees interact with city residents.
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.
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us a list of free lectures, discussions and more taking place in the next few days.
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)Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we talk with one Huntsville resident whose four-legged friend has learned to recycle. Plus, we have our weekly conversation with Becca Martin Brown from Northwest arkansas Newspapers and more.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
Black Bass Lake which once served as a drinking water source for Eureka Springs, is now a lovely city park. But the 120-year old dam that impounds the lake is in trouble. We hear from two residents working to save the relic.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas discusses the hiring of veterans with Linda Nelson, the Arkansas District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
"Ko-Ko" by Charlie Parker
Becca Martin Brown says the Arkansas Music Pavilion has added ZZ Top to its summer lineup.
Heather Davis, author of TMI Mom: Oversharing My Life will have a book signing from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
Audio Extra: Author Heather Davis Shares Some More
"Southside" by Moby
It's the final Tuesday of May and we have classics and soon to be classics in this month’s theater preview. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas visits the Young actors Guild in Fort Smith as they rehearse BIG: The Musical.
