92-year-old Warren Blaylock, an on-and-off resident of the county, will talk about Bonnie and Clyde Sunday at the Drennen-Scott House. The notorious duo spent two weeks in Fort Smith when Blalylock was only 12.
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A Carroll County homestead is one of 98 Botanical Sanctuaries in the U.S., and the only one in Arkansas operated by Bree Donna Thompson who is working to conserve at-risk medicinal plants.A major jet manufacturer announces plans to expand its Little Rock facility, while plans move forward on a new fire station in Springdale and on a new dam in Bentonville. And, new jobs numbers are released for the month of April.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the Arkansas Music Pavilion gets a new home. Plus, we mark World MS Day.
The Fllipoff Pirates, a familiar local band, won the opportunity to play a set at Wakarusa tomorrow night.Next month, chefs in Downtown Bentonville will take on the challenge of pairing their dishes with everything from beer and wine to works of art. We speak with two of the participating chefs about the science, art and experimentation that goes along with those pairings.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says that the Gulley Park Summer Concert Series is a harbinger of summer.Today is World MS Day, and we talk with a representative of the MS Society and with a local resident afflicted by the degenerative disease.
The Walton Arts Center Council yesterday voted to move the Arkansas Music Pavilion to Rogers, near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade. WAC officials say that the move will open up more opportunities for the venue.
Governor Mike Beebe announced his appointee to replace Martha Shoffner as State Treasurer after her resignation last week. The Bentonville city council approves thousands of dollars worth of repair work to a flood-damaged trail. A Rogers elementary school gets a new fitness course through a joint-use grant with the city. And Arkansas' only contestant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee moves forward to the second round of competition today.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, the Affordable Care Act and the Marshalese population of Northwest Arkansas: Jacqueline Froelich has that report. Plus, the Rock City Times is Arkansas' second most unreliable news source. We'll talk to Greg Henderson, the man behind the satirical news site.
Fayetteville will host the inaugural NWA Hispanic Heritage Festival and Health Fair Friday and Saturday at the Washington County Fairgrounds.
Walton Arts Center kicks off its jazz series Friday night with two performances by the Edmar Castañeda Quartet.
In her ongoing book review series, Meredith Martin-Moats analyzes In Service to America: The History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985.
The Arkansas Insurance Department releases rates for insurance policies that will be sold through the state's new insurance exchange. Arkansas' poverty rate edges upward slightly in the latest American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. Arkansas Children's Hospital researchers continue efforts to curb the rate of childhood obesity. A Fayetteville street is closed to make way for sidewalk construction. And fewer travelers flew through XNA in August, though the airport has still seen more travelers so far this year than at this time last year.
"One Fifth, In the Rhythm 3 Against 2, For Piano (1973)" by Charlemagne Palestine
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to three people who have followed the evolution of health care reform in Arkansas. The enrollment period for new plans begins in a week.
"If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" by Earl Hines
