The city of Bentonville recently got a grant from the Endeavor Foundation for sidewalk construction in an area with sparse pedestrian infrastructure. Heifer International assesses damage to ongoing projects in the Philippines following the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This year has seen record corn yields for Arkansas farmers, but that's not necessarily all good news. Today is voting day in Fayetteville to extend a current hotel-motel-restaurant tax. And the UA Soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
Ozarks At Large

Warren Blaylock is a resident of Alma, but he served as a medic in the 67th Evacuation Hospital during World War II. Tonight, he will be the featured speaker during a special Veterans Day edition of the Crawford County Chronicles' speaker series at the Drennen-Scott Historic Site in Van Buren.
With another busy week ahead we offer some highlights of a packed calendar.
Link: As promised, here is the long web address for the UAFS nominations:
www.uafs.edu/adp.american-democracy-project
Link: As promised, here is the long web address for the UAFS nominations:
www.uafs.edu/adp.american-democracy-project
Saturday, the Fayetteville National Cemetery added more than two acres to its footprint.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee in Little Rock approved an audit of the state's recent expansion of Medicaid through the Private Option. Governor Beebe issues a feeler for more money to fix systemic problems with the state's Department of Community Corrections. And Entergy Arkansas trims trees this month to help prevent more winter power outages.


Christian Howes has gained national recognition, including from the Downbeat Critics Poll, and will play two shows Friday night at Walton Arts Center.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, February 28, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it has been 60 years since the largest-ever nuclear weapons test by the United States took place on the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll. Today, many Marshallese, including several northwest Arkansas residents, are marking the anniversary of the Castle Bravo Blast. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gets us ready for the weekend, Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us analyze the week's news, and more.
Becca is on a mission – a mission to introduce you to almost every museum, big or small, in our listening area. Today she talks about Shiloh Museum of Ozark History and Rogers Historical Museum.
“Flight Over Rio” by Al Di Meola
The Buffalo National River Partners, a volunteer-based organization, is hosting a presentation “Fish and Their Neighbors in the Buffalo River” at the Boone County Library in Harrison on Tuesday.
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is in the process of designing an Arkansas state parks license plate. The design hasn’t been finalized yet.
Malco Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville is sponsoring Superhero Saturday tomorrow to support Camp Alliance Inc.
More information is available at www.campallianceinc.com
“Spiderman” by The Ramones
Local band Total Defrag stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to discuss their concert tonight at Orchard's Park in Bentonville.
More information about the band is available at www.totaldefrag.com.