
Ozarks At Large

Many events this month head outdoors including this picnic benefitting SpayArkansas. Dogs are welcome.
According to a new report, the funding disparity between traditional school districts and charter schools has increased more than 54 percent in 8 years.
University of Arkansas officials yesterday unveiled a new chamber in the Human Performance Laboratory will allow researchers to have a temperature and humidity-controlled atmosphere in which to study physiological effects that heat has on the human body.
President Obama was in Central Arkansas yesterday, visiting victims of the recent storms and tornadoes that ravaged the area. Meanwhile, state legislators heard testimony from state finance officials regarding fiscal forecasts for the next few years.


The idea of Community varies from person to person. A year long project at Fayetteville High School concludes with an open house showcasing juniors’ and seniors’ ideas of community as seen through each of their camera lenses.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a float along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a hog farm started business near the waterway, and a brand new water park in Siloam Springs is almost ready for the public. And speaking of being ready for the public, the Walmart AMP in Rogers last night had its public debut. Blake Shelton was the first headliner to perform in the new venue, but a few days earlier, we got a sneak preview of the facility.
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com has updates regarding a possibility that Caterpillar might take the place of Whirlpool in Fort Smith, ticket designers and printers Weldon, Williams & Lick, Inc. located in Fort Smith printing tickets for the 2012 London Olympics, and more.
Illustrator Otto Lang’s exhibit “Drawing from Life” will be displayed at the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center in University of Arkansas-Fort Smith through March 30. Ray Wylie Hubbard performs at George’s in Fayetteville tonight. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
“The 49th Day” by El Ten Eleven
The Berryville group has served undernourished and unhealthy animals in Belize since 2008. Carroll County Vets Without Borders makes its fifth trip starting tomorrow.
Legendary musician Johnny Cash’s home in east Arkansas town of Dyess is being renovated. Michael Hibblen from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock, reports.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center has information about Broadway shows, a TheatreSquared play, Taiko drumming, and two legendary musicians visiting northwest Arkansas.
“Blue Suede Shoes” by Jimi Hendrix