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.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.In this installment of What's in a Name, we look at the history of Benton, the county and the ville.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an examination of primary races. Plus, researchers monitor the environmental impact of a hog farm on the Buffalo River Watershed.
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.On this edition of Ozarks, an accusation over teaching creationism at school is raising questions regarding charter authorization in Arkansas. Plus, problems caused by pythons in the Everglades.
The trial of former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner continued Friday with testimony via taped conversations from a bond broker who allegedly received much of the state's bond business after giving kickbacks to Shoffner. And a number of court-related entities in Arkansas are receiving less funding after a decline in court fee and fine collections.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit the kitchen of Jen Lewis, take a spin in a state-run clinic that aids veterans in rural communities, and we meet a recovering opiate addict who has found hope with methadone.
In the latest installment of our monthly food series, we learn more about cooking through Jen's Art of Cooking. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a visit to a jeweler's studio where she makes trinkets of beauty with stones, sterling silver and words on metal. Plus, we talk with blogger Mat Campbell of the Blue Hog Report about how the lawyer-turned-journalist uncovers and covers political happenings in the state.
The music director and conductor of the Fort Smith Symphony has a preview of the symphony’s opening concert.
The River Valley Regional Food Bank in Fort Smith is running low on the amount of protein available for distribution.
For more information on the food bank, visit www.rivervalleyfoodbank.com.
“Dinner” by Yo Yo Ma
With one in every 110 children now diagnosed with some type of autism, what is the prevalence among adults? Where are they? What are they like? And what prejudice do they face?
An 1857 massacre of more than 120 people, many from northwest Arkansas, earns “historical landmark” designation, Senator Mark Pryor succeeds in getting a measure included in a spending bill that’d let FEMA waive repayments of disaster assistance the agency mistakenly gave to other Arkansas families, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Tonight's list includes Huey Lewis and the News in the Walton Arts Center’s parking lot, Arts Live Theatre’s “Bright Box Mailbox Suicide Note,” “Mississippi Innocence” screens at the Lyric Theatre in Harrison, and “Painting Churches” at Arts Center of the Ozarks. Much more is lined up for the weekend.
“I Want A New Drug” by Huey Lewis and the News
