Ozarks At Large
New standards in education are increasing the accountability placed on the nations 5 and 6 year olds. Will it soon be PRE - K through 12?
UALR’s chief economist, Michael Pakko, talks economics with TalkBusiness Arkansas' Roby Brock about employment and unemployment in Arkansas in the last 6 months. Armies of insurance adjusters deploy to Central Arkansas to begin helping their customers file claims for storm damage, and Entergy Arkansas has its own army of crews working to repair the area's infrastructure.
On today's Ozarks, Walmart hosts a sustainability product expo, Mission of Mercy seeks dentists to volunteer their time, a reality show looks to cast Eureka Springs residents, and more.
This spring, a Hollywood casting agent started soliciting Eureka Springs residents to appear in a reality television series about the town. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, an unknown number of Eurekans have signed releases to appear on a project they know little about.
The Arkansas State Dental Association will hold the annual Arkansas Mission of Mercy May 16-17 in Springdale. One dentist involved with organizing the effort says that the annual event attracts thousands of people, both patients and volunteers.
A service learning project used by student interns to teach the importance of community service to elementary school children works with the real life organization Chicks for Children. We visit as fourth and fifth graders wrap up the project with a song and dance.
Becca says the ACO Chorale is preparing for its Spring Concert May 4th at Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A sustainability summit hosted yesterday in Rogers gave a forum for some of the largest food, agricultural and beverage manufacturers to promote their newest product sustainability efforts.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
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.
Summit Medical Center in Van Buren is hosting an advanced hospital volunteer chaplain seminar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. August 4. Antoinette Grajeda has this story.
Presidents on the radio, Tony Bennett, Hot Springs and more in our history capsule for August 3, 2010.
What can Homer and Plato teach us, thousands of years later? We asked three members of the Classical Studies program at the University of Arkansas that question.There is more from our conversation about classical studies here, including what our guest think of certain pop culture versions of classic stories.
Each Thursday night volunteer nurses, doctors and others give their time at a clinic in Eureka Springs. We spent a recent Thursday there. Visit www.echoclinic.org for more information.
To hear more about the future of the ECHO Clinic click here.
"Sunspots" by Bob Mould
