
Ozarks At Large

The stories behind unusual high school mascots…like Airedales or Little Johns…are the stuff of legend.

Though Arkansas is still 30% above the rest of the nation, the state is finally seeing declining rates when it comes to new lung cancer diagnoses and moralities due to lung cancer. We hear from Dr. Gary Wheeler with the Arkansas Department of Health.


The Benton County Children's Advocacy Center recently received reaccreditation. Lake Wedington in Washington County and Shores Lake in Franklin County will soon be partially drained to allow the U.S. Forest Service to allow for some winter maintenance. And Bentonville Public Schools begins to think about names and mascots for its second high school that will be built in Centerton.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a look at what's next for the ruptured Pegasus pipeline. Plus, we pay a visit to the new Walmart to Go store in Bentonville.
Two months after massive twisters shred portions of Franklin and Johnson Counties, we tour the impact zone and check on the status of FEMA assistance.
To contact the Red Cross: www.redcross.org.
For the Franklin County Department of Emergency Management: 479-667-4909.
Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the tornado affected area.
Last week, Benton County received its first red flag burn ban of the summer. A burn ban has been in effect in Washington County since July 11th.
To monitor the status of the burn ban in Washington County, visit www.co.washington.ar.us.
One Friday this summer, more than two dozen people spent the day participating in a writing marathon on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.
To hear what four teachers think about some states doing away with the teaching of cursive writing, click here.
Becca Bacon Martin talks about the Arkansas Air and the Clinton House Museums in Fayetteville, Arkansas Country Doctor Museum in Lincoln and the Daisy Air Gun Museum in Rogers in her six-part series on museums in the area. Plus a music festival opens tonight in Eureka Springs.
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