Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."Ozarks At Large
Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."
Southwestern Electric Power Company plans to string an extra high voltage transmission line across Benton and Carroll Counties to better serve the region’s growing electrical needs. But a group of affected residents have organized “Save the Ozarks” to block the transmission corridor. A Fort Smith homeless agency halts its plans to move to a homeless campus until certain criteria are met. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas takes us on a tour of the organization and potential campus.
Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: taking back tons of unneeded or expired prescription drugs. Tomorrow, Arkansans are encouraged to properly and legally dispose of the unwanted medicine in their homes. Plus a trip through Oak Cemetery in Fort Smith, and the band Surf De Solei steps into the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
The Wienermobile provides recent college graduates the chance to drive cross country. The Wienermobile will be in Rogers and Bentonville tomorrow.
Web Exclusive: Pictures of the Hottest Dog on Wheels Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala Sunday night at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
The fifteenth-annual living history tour of Oak Cemetery is Sunday. Portrayals of Fort Smith's past residents, prominent and not, all tell a story of the city's history.Arkansas has one of the highest rates of prescription painkiller abuse among 12- to 25-year-olds. Tomorrow's Prescription Drug Takeback Day, with disposal centers set up across the state, aims to reduce the problem.
Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that the latest tax revenue report for the city of Fort Smith has some good news, and the latest hospitality numbers in Northwest Arkansas look promising.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, November 4, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with Marcos Villatoro, an NPR commentator and documentary filmmaker. Plus, we speak with an expert about the signs of dyslexia.
Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers lets us know what we should look forward to at this year’s Wakarusa at Mulberry Mountain.
You can keep up with Kinder at his blog www.nwatunedin.com.
Growing up, everyone told Adam Grant Campbell he would be a famous artist one day. He brushed off such remarks for years--even stopped making art for spell. But he’s taken up the palette again. His portraits and paintings hang all this month in the Fayetteville Public Library Reading Room. A reception will be held May 17th from 5:30 to 7:30. For details: adamgrantcampbell.com
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Northwest Arkansas Community College sets out to acquire a piece of land in Springdale, its latest step in creating a permanent Washington County instructional center.
