Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
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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?
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a list of things to do today.
Comedian Tim Northern will perform at the UARK Bowl on Dickson Street in Fayetteville tonight. He spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams earlier this week.
President Obama made his first visit to Oklahoma yesterday. He visited the small town of Cushing which is in the middle of oil country.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center discusses the upcoming Artosphere festival that celebrates local artists, food and more.
“Red Planet” by Forces of Nature
Bryan Hembree and Jerrmy Gawthrop with the Fayetteville Roots Festival discuss this year’s line-up. The festival will be hosted in fall.