Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
On Saturday, the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality and P.R.I.D.E.--People Respecting Individual Differences and Equality at the University of Arkansas held a statewide LGBT summit on the UofA campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, transgenderism was a key issue.
While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.
Before the Amazeum broke ground on a permanent space this morning, we visit their tinkering studio to learn through experience. The designation for a stretch of highway in Arkansas is changing to Interstate 49.
Arkansas Lottery Officials update the Legislative Oversight Committee on decreasing lottery revenue. A group advocates at the state capitol for fairer tax laws, and the Ben Geren Aquatics Center moves forward as the first construction bids will soon be awarded.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Northwest Arkansas Rape Crisis Center will soon be able to expand their efforts to survivors of sexual assault, and a traveling exhibit at the University of Arkansas this week wants college students to engage in conversations about hunger.The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
A legendary western swing band sweeps into Fort Smith tonight.
A 1951 science fiction soundtrack highlights PJ's weekly visit to our studio.
To hear more of our time with PJ, click here.
Cargill, the Minneapolis-based agri-firm, which has operations in Arkansas, recently made a cash donation to The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas new Kings River Preserve in Carroll County. Jacqueline Froelich reports. To learn more visit nature.org/arkansas
The commuter-based campus of Arkansas Tech University-Ozark is planning for a modern student union. Plans were revealed this week.
"Chinquipin" by Paul McGowan from his new CD "Sleepy Lou." He'll talk about it and play live in our studio Friday.
Several local artists have turned used bike wheels into art, and in one case, a musical instrument to raise money for the Safe Routes to School program.
