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Format: 2024-11-02
State Foster Care System Seeks to Innovate
On any given day as many as 4,000 Arkansas children are in state custody, having been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. Until their case is settled, children are placed provisionally with a relative, foster home, or children’s shelter. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a new state rule now allows emergency placement with “Fictive Kin.”
Web Exclusive: An Oasis for Children in Crisis

Verizon Announces Jobs in Arkansas, Springdale Greenway Gets Further Underway
A decision on whether to close a street to vehicles in Springdale by that city's aldermen will help lay the path for the Razorback Greenway through the city. More than 6,000 voters cast ballots yesterday in the first day of early voting in Arkansas' primary and judicial elections. And the University of Arkansas announces who its next lobbyist to local, state and federal legislators will be.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we bid farewell to the Arkansas Honor Flight program. Also, the music of Joyce Green in latest installment of Arkansongs, Roby Brock has his weekly business and political news update, and more.





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Activist Works to End Sexual Harrassment
Monica Ramirez, deputy director for Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, is working to end sexual harassment and sexual assault against farmworker and low-wage immigrant women.





ACO Announces Summer Musical
Becca says the ACO is hosting auditions for The Sound of Music this week.






Military Honor Monuments Tour Ends in Arkansas
Late last week, two elder World War II veterans joined a group of corporate supporters and friends to bid a formal farewell to Arkansas Honor Flights.






Sunday, May 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the founders of Olivia's Basket share the spirit of their late daughter and of the organization she inspired. Plus, our insect expert offers low-tech solutions to pesky insects in the garden.






A Salute to Railroads
Here are the clips used in this morning's montage about trains:
  1. Polar Express
  2. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash
  3. Thomas the Tank Engine
  4. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” by Louis Jordan
  5. Murder on the Orient Express
  6. “Casey Jones” by the Grateful Dead
  7. Back to the Future III
  8. The Great Train Robbery
  9. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  10. Stand By Me
  11. “Come on and Ride It” by the Quad City DJs
An Oldie and a Newbie
Becca Martin Brown shares a couple of music shows happening this week.
Get Rid of Invasive Critters in the Garden
Our insect expert tells us a few ways to keep the pest from munching on produce meant for your dinner table.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Friday, June 6, 2014
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Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
Summer + Music = Here
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Becca Martin Brown has some (but not all) of the suggestions for warm-weather music here.
ADEQ Holds Slogan Contest to Promote Recycling
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The winning slogan will be included in a logo and outreach materials. Slogans must be five words or less and include a form of the word recycle. Entry forms and more information on the contest can be found on ADEQ’s website, under the Hot Topics section on the homepage.
Summer Art for Adults
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John Brown University will host a series of art workshops this summer.
Eight Months of Improved Employment in State
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The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services points to a handful of reasons as to why employment and unemployment numbers in the state keep improving. The Arkansas Supreme Court grants a stay on a Pulaski County Circuit Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriages to occur in the state last week, and Arkansas Tech's board of trustees approves tuition increases for the coming academic year.
"The Machine" by Garage A Trois
Juvenile Detention at Center of Study
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A study released by Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families says that the state’s juvenile detention system is broken. But as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, two Northwest Arkansas detention centers have found a fix.