The 21st Cancer Challenge is just one of many ways to support nonprofits in the area this month.
Ozarks At Large
A recent study suggests that Arkansas' two racetrack and gaming complexes have a sizable impact on the state's economy. Fayetteville Public Schools prepares to offer free meals to city youths through the summer, and an effort to raise the state's minimum wage gets a groundswell of support.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
In this month’s food segment, we visit the Arkansas Food Innovation Center where the Roberts family makes Gina’s Salsa. 
Later this month, Siloam Springs will be home to a Whitewater Recreation Park, the first of its kind in the state.
Memorial Day marks the opening of public swimming pool season across America. And this summer, an article about pools and race will be published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, titled “Going off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock’s Public Swimming Pools.” Jacqueline Froelich spoke with author and historian John Kirk.Officials with the U.S. Marshals Museum yesterday approved its 2015 budget, which includes allocations for architectural, exhibit and operational costs. President Clinton speaks to the role presidential libraries serve in providing historical context, and state revenue numbers for May came in below what economists expected.
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.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”
Memorial service planned for today for Arkansas Economic Development Director Maria Haley who passed away last week; drought conditions to continue and worsen over the next three months; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands” by Sufjan Stevens
Malcolm Glover from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock reports on the changing role of the National Guard in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
It’s the goal of the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank to make sure that nearly 100,000 people facing hunger in the region have access to nutritious food. The non-profit recently received a large donation to help its mission.
“Zoar” by Badi Assad
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net speaks with Tom Cotton, the first person to declare a candidacy to replace Mike Ross as Arkansas’ Fourth Congressional District Representative.
Becca Bacon Martin has worked hard to make a long list of things happening this weekend.
“South Side” by Moby
