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Ozarks At Large
Parent blogging isn't a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one. Some of the more successful practitioners can catch the attention of ad agencies.
This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Snake Eyes and the Bug Band will perform for free at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 29 at the Fayetteville Public Library. Tonight is opening night for another season featuring some of the country's brightest young opera talent.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says the solstice will be celebrated in many ways this weekend...most of the opportunities are free.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Child Protective Services operates a Child Maltreatment Central Registry. This year the registry is undergoing revision. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
New (and widely varied) businesses are coming to Fort Smith. Michael Tilley from The City Wire explains what it means for the city.Governor Mike Beebe says that while a special legislative session will likely be necessary to solve the problems with the state's public school employee insurance program, no session will be called until consensus can be reached. The two candidates for governor have differing opinions on how and when the state's minimum wage should be increased, and the Fayetteville Animal Shelter warns dog owners that hot cars are particularly dangerous for pets.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the cajun-zydeco group, Snake Eyes and the Bug Band, will perform this afternoon at the Fayetteville Public Library' we hear a conversation and a song from the band, and it's sort of like soccer but on horseback: polo in Bentonville. Plus, we celebrate the horse in our Sunday Morning Montage.
Auditions for Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) Singers, an auditioned group of the region’s best choral singers, will be held this Saturday.
Dr. Jesse Casana, a University of Arkansas archaeologist, recently discovered evidence for the continuity of civilization at a time when all other ancient civilizations were collapsing. He talks to Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about the details.
For more on what could’ve caused some of these ancient civilizations to collapse, click here.
“Oud Blues” by Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas talks to Katherine Brandt, a fellow Energy Corps member.
Youth Strategies, a faith-based local non-profit organization, helps at-risk adolescents improve their personal and professional lives.
More information on the organization is available on www.youthstrategies.org.
“Life of the Mind” by Club d’Elf
Dr. Bill Smith, our history expert, discusses odd presidential candidates from the 18th and 19th centuries.
