On its surface, today's week in review may look like a retread of last week's, but these education stories offer a twist of innovation.
Ozarks At Large
We survey four state advocacy groups about their legislative action items leading up to the Regular Session of the 89th General Assembly scheduled to convene on Monday, January 14th.
Ahead on Ozarks, how the orphan trains for of the 18th and early 19th centuries inspired Alison Moore’s new novel…and the 62nd edition of a Fayetteville tradition moves to the internet: we discover how the annual Lions Club Auction is embracing new technology.Benton county election officials discuss how to more smoothly handle future elections in the county, ATU-Ozarks gets a little bit greener with a new initiative, and the Arkansas Supreme Court rules on a case involving the state's Freedom of Information Act.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: bees in the Ozarks in winter. We find out how the flying pollinators survive during the colder months. And Siloam Springs in pictures…a new book collects images of the town.
We frame the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History profile of George Haley, a member of the “Pioneer Six,” who integrated the University of Arkansas Law School circa 1950. George Haley is the younger brother of Alex Haley, author of “Roots.” (Photo courtesy Pryor Center)A new book collects scores of photographs of the history of Siloam Springs, including a visit from Eleanor Roosevelt.
For more on the Siloam Springs Museum, click here.
Bil Clampit was a wonderful musical presence in northwest Arkansas and the entire state.
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Christina Thomas takes us to some beehives to find what the pollinators do during a typical winter and how they are faring this year given the unseasonably warm weather.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: when you think of fertile ground for jazz you may think of New Orleans, Europe, New York City…but, Azerbaijan? Amina Figarova grew up listening to jazz in her childhood home in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s released a dozen albums and will close the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series this weekend. We'll hear from her later on the show. Plus…that extra "A" in Lake Atalanta in Rogers. Why the lake is called that isexplained in the latest edition of our series "What's in a Name?" And a wilderness water trail inside the Fort Smith city limits.
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families reacts to funding cuts made to state child abuse prevention programs; Grant Tennile, director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, says the amount of natural gas drilling in Fayetteville Shale will increase; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“May” by Thomas Newman
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks with Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission Grant Tennile to gain more insight on Gov. Beebe’s China Trip.
Yesterday afternoon, the University of Arkansas unveiled its first GREEN solar-powered mobile laboratory to reach out to Arkansas’ K-12 students and get them interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers starts off May with some musical choices.
“May” by Show Me the Skyline
