Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.
In our monthly, music review segment, we listen to Greg Laswell's new album "I Was Going To Be An Astronaut."Henry McLeish, visiting professor to the University of Arkansas will speak this afternoon in the Global Campus auditorium on the role of education in a modern society and differences between education in the United States and Europe.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says we can combine travel with concerts this month.
The secretary of the Norwegian Noble Committee, Geir Lunderstad, was on the University of Arkansas campus Tuesday to discuss his history with the Nobel Peace Prize.
A collaboration between the Northwest Arkansas Regional Council and Northwest Arkansas Chambers of Commerce resulted in the 2013 Employer Retention and Expansion Survey in which 529 area employers were interviewed with positive results.
The prosecution rested its case yesterday afternoon, and this morning the defense rested in the extortion and bribery trial of former state treasurer Martha Shoffner. Plus, Peco Foods announces a multi-million dollar expansion in the eastern portion of the state.
On this edition of Ozarks, an accusation over teaching creationism at school is raising questions regarding charter authorization in Arkansas. Plus, problems caused by pythons in the Everglades.
Michael Dorcas, a herpetologist at Davidson College in North Carolina, says that although they aren't native to Florida, Burmese pythons are increasingly migrating across the Sunshine State.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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 Siloam Springs Farmers Market has created an online market this winter.
The city of Bentonville recently got a grant from the Endeavor Foundation for sidewalk construction in an area with sparse pedestrian infrastructure. Heifer International assesses damage to ongoing projects in the Philippines following the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This year has seen record corn yields for Arkansas farmers, but that's not necessarily all good news. Today is voting day in Fayetteville to extend a current hotel-motel-restaurant tax. And the UA Soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
"Earth to Asgard" by Patrick Doyle
Beaver Lake, a fresh water impoundment on the uppermost White River in northwest Arkansas is warming, and my be changing due to climate change, according to new research gathered by University of Arkansas limnologist Thad Scott.
The northwest Arkansas version of a startup weekend means entrepreneurs of all kinds will gather together in Fayetteville beginning Friday night.
"Smooching" by Mark Knopfler
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says fall is a prime time for visual arts in the region.
