Since the year 2000, the Annie E Casey Foundation has been publishing reports regarding the well-being of our nation’s children through its “KIDS COUNT” reports. The 2013 edition was released earlier this week. But what does the new report say about the well-being of children in Arkansas?
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the former president of Heifer International speaks on the University of Arkansas campus. Plus, we take a walk through history that begins in Jasper. Peter Lippincott's second CD finds the songwriter playing multiple instruments, including a rescued French banjo.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says the annual surge of activities for spring is at full speed.
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program's next Walks Through History tour will take place April 12 in Jasper.
Jo Luck, the former CEO of Heifer International was on the University of Arkansas campus yesterday as part of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Series. She used her time speaking to relay stories of her time working to help improve the lives of people in the developing world through agriculture.
The Arkansas Department of Health says that 74 people have died from the flu this season. Meanwhile, the Pulaski County Special School District has its case heard regarding long-standing desegregation concerns.
Ahead on Ozarks: if you've been the victim of a violent crime, you may be due more than justice. We speak with the director of the Arkansas Crime Reparations Board to find out the steps to take in order to receive monetary compensation. And, how a dream and a wooden sign were catalysts for a home where girls learn the skills needed to become self-sufficient women. And, we learn about the training regular citizens receive to become volunteer storm spotters.
Among many nonprofit events in the region this April will be Butterflies and Blooms benefitting Saving Grace, an organization that helps girls who have aged out of foster care.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the founders of Olivia's Basket share the spirit of their late daughter and of the organization she inspired. Plus, our insect expert offers low-tech solutions to pesky insects in the garden.
The document offers information about employment, growth and other issues. It also compares those numbers to similar regions.
A failed experimental grape, cultivated in 1993 by fruit scientists at the University of Arkansas’s research station in Clarksville, has been licensed and crossbred at “The Grapery” vineyard in Bakersfield, California into an astonishing hybrid.
“Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis
Tonight, The Cleverlys perform at George’s, “The Trip to Bountiful” at Fort Smith Little Theatre, and Jeff Coffin performs at Second Street Live in Fort Smith.
An iPhone app is part of the University of Arkansas research that hopes to make solar energy more accessible to homeowners and businesses, making it easy for them to go off-grid.
“Summer Nights” by Benny Green
Ethan Nadelmann, former Princeton professor and the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, will debate U.S. drug policies tonight with Asa Hutchinson, former administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency and former Arkansas Third District Congressman.
