The 21st Cancer Challenge is just one of many ways to support nonprofits in the area this month.
Ozarks At Large
A recent study suggests that Arkansas' two racetrack and gaming complexes have a sizable impact on the state's economy. Fayetteville Public Schools prepares to offer free meals to city youths through the summer, and an effort to raise the state's minimum wage gets a groundswell of support.
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.
In this month’s food segment, we visit the Arkansas Food Innovation Center where the Roberts family makes Gina’s Salsa. 
Later this month, Siloam Springs will be home to a Whitewater Recreation Park, the first of its kind in the state.
Memorial Day marks the opening of public swimming pool season across America. And this summer, an article about pools and race will be published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, titled “Going off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock’s Public Swimming Pools.” Jacqueline Froelich spoke with author and historian John Kirk.Officials with the U.S. Marshals Museum yesterday approved its 2015 budget, which includes allocations for architectural, exhibit and operational costs. President Clinton speaks to the role presidential libraries serve in providing historical context, and state revenue numbers for May came in below what economists expected.
Ahead on Ozarks, workforce officials try to improve job training to meet industry demands. And, we look at the University of Arkansas' autism intervention program.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”
RockIt Music Week begins today, Bicycle Fayetteville Day celebrations continue and we basically stay busy today. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
The Piano Fest 2012 is designed for students with no prior experience with the instrument.
The Tyson Family and Tyson Foods Foundations endow a new lecture series at the University of Arkansas; Arkansas Senator John Boozman endorses presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney; legendary musician Levon Helm passes; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Roman Holiday” by Camera Obscura
Representatives from towns across northwest Arkansas gathered yesterday at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale to announce the new northwest Arkansas tourism brand “Explore Northwest Arkansas.”
The two-day event marking Bicycle Fayetteville Day begins tomorrow. Greg Mitchell, one of the organizers, helps disperse stereotypes associated with biking.
“Li’l John’s Song” by Bent Grass Green
