As Bentonville students and school board vote on potential mascots for the district's new high school, superintendent Michael Poore is also concerned with the building's design.
Ozarks At Large
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, talks about the delayed opening for the Marshall's Museum and another effort to place medicinal marijuana on the Arkansas ballot.The Arkansas Forestry Commission is warning state residents that March is prime time for wildfire conditions. The Arkansas Election Commission is being taken to court over rules for absentee ballots under the state's new voter ID law. And a new report details the challenges and successes the state faces in regards to childrens' health.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, though the next presidential election is more than two years away, some are already ready for HIlary. And as the Bentonville School District grows, so too does its course offerings. We visit a junior high school as students prepare for mountain biking. Plus, we learn about a Bentonville before Sam Walton.So will Artosphere come May. Beth Bobbitt with Walton Arts Center has the lineup for the fifth annual arts and nature festival.
In this installment of What's in a Name, we look at the history of Benton, the county and the ville.
Bentonville Public Schools is one of the fastest growing districts in the country. And it may be among the first in the nation to integrate outdoor mountain biking classes into it’s physical education curriculum. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to gym class, at Lincoln Junior High, to learn more.Students are counting down the days until Spring Break and parents are thinking up activities. Becca Martin Brown has this list for Washington County.
Steve Inman with content partner KATV's Talk Business and Politics with Roby Brock speaks with Craig Smith, senior advisor to the political action committee Ready for Hillary.
The city of Fort Smith continues to construct a 20-year plan and the University of Arkansas has news about scholarships for future students.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock talks with Speaker of the House Davy Carter about the issue of same-sex marriage. Also, we learn more about the weather phenomenon known as a land spout.
To celebrate the role Springfield, Missouri played in the Route 66 era, the West Central Neighborhood Alliance is celebrating the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 festival.
Tony Hernandez and Dan Craft from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers visit KUAF.
University of Arkansas genocide scholar Dr. Samuel Totten talks with Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about his book on the Darfur genocide, the ongoing mass killings in Nuba Mountains in Sudan and how we can effect change.
“Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com on the latest developments.
“Sousa” by Dutch Swing College Band Marinierskapel
Day 2 of Rodeo of the Ozarks, One-Person Shows at the Nadine Baum Studios, and Big Smith’s performance in Fayetteville.
“Lambada” by Gipsy Kings
