It was a year ago this week that an oil spill created a major disruption in an Arkansas town.
Ozarks At Large
Spring break is over; let the deluge of spring events begin.
We meet Tom Krohn, Arkansas Regional Coordinator for FrogWatch USA. Krohn hosts free workshops across the state, training citizen scientists to become certified frog listeners. He will be in Northwest Arkansasa April 8 & 15th at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. To learn more visit Arkansasfrogsandtoads.org.The Walmart AMP's topping off ceremony was Monday, now the rest of the work takes place.
A wet March led Arkansas farmers to plant crops late, but it hasn't necessarily hurt this year's harvest. Plus, the Bentonville School District proposes a traffic study to project what traffic will be like in Centerton once the district's second high school is open for classes.
On this edition of Ozarks, a preview of an upcoming grief seminar for bereaved parents. Also, Fort Smith releases an annual report on its homeless community.There have been spies and spying in American history since before the formation of the country. Our history doctor, Bill Smith, reminds us of a few historic episodes.
The Northwest Arkansas Clinical Pastoral Education Institute is hosting a free grief seminar for bereaved parents this weekend .
In January, the Old Fort Homeless Coalition held its annual Point-in-Time Count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless people in the community. Overall, the number of homeless in Fort Smith decreased from last year, though the need for a homeless campus is still apparent.
Talk Business Arkansas' Roby Brock discusses Simmons First National Corporation's acquisition of Delta Trust & Bank in his weekly business and political news update.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a look at the increasing educational accountability standards placed on the nation's 5-year-olds. Plus, Michael Pakko discusses the state's economy, and more.
The annual Walmart Shareholders Meeting took place early this morning. Plus Fort Smith may consider an increase in library millage.
"The Bridge at Remagen" Elmer Bernstein
Antoinette Grajeda talks to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about this morning's shareholders event in Fayetteville.
Today's shareholders meeting including A-level pop stars, thoughts on Walmart's future and calls asking for change.
C&H Hog Farms, located on the Buffalo National River watershed, has been in operation for almost a year now. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to an affected Ozarks homestead a mile downstream, and to float on the Buffalo to illustrate why the new massive swine breeding factory remains so controversial. (photo: Big Creek)
"The Longest Day" by Layo and Bushwacka
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, offers a preview of a garden tour in northwest Arkansas.
