The Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas has released the first of its kind report that analyzes the graduation rates of high schools across Arkansas.
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The Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks has received a $33,000 grant to help begin the process of implementing Safe Routes to School throughout northwest Arkansas. And, traditional marriage advocates gathered in Little Rock yesterday to voice their opposition to recent rulings in favor of same-sex marriage in Arkansas.
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A Wrecking Ball this month celebrates new beginnings in downtown Springdale.
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This week's primary election left some alleging that enforcement of the state's voter ID law was a complicated effort, and with many party candidates for the state legislature now chosen, some experts wonder what will become of the state's private option during next year's regular session of the General Assembly.
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Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 9, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn the differences between various types of Arkansas charter schools. Plus, a UA researcher receives a grant to study the genetic composition of diatoms.
Last month, the first Hindu temple in Northwest Arkansas opened its doors in Bentonville. We spoke with members of the Hindu Association of Northwest Arkansas, the organization behind the temple, about the building itself and how it will serve the community, both Hindu and not.
For more information, visit the association's website here.
Roby Brock from our partner talkbusiness.net recently talked with Jay Barth, political science professor at Hendrix College, about the method Arkansans often use to place initiatives on the ballot.
"Dizzy Atmosphere" by Greg Gisbert
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, sends us to the Fort Smith Museum of History and north to Carthage, Missouri for Thursday entertainment.
In three weeks the air above the Little Rock Air Force base will be busy. The acclaimed US Navy Blue Angels are the headliners for the Little Rock Air Show at the Air Force base. Lt. Mallory Glass is the chief of public affairs at the Little Rock Air Force Base, and she tells us how an air show is put together:
"Powerhouse" by Don Byron
Essayist Joe Neal noticed that our new facility at the corner of Mountain and School Streets in downtown Fayetteville features a most ancient garden. Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book is “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”