The Fayetteville Public Education Foundation yesterday announced this year’s additions to the Fayetteville Schools Hall of Honor. This year is unique as four were included rather than the three that have been added the past 16 years.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the Fayetteville Schools Hall of Honor welcomes new members. Plus, music from Joseph Israel inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
In honor of the unusually cool temperatures, Becca offers a list of outdoor activities for this weekend's entertainment.
The Fayetteville Public Education Foundation yesterday announced this year’s additions to the Fayetteville Schools Hall of Honor. This year is unique as four were included rather than the three that have been added the past 16 years.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the latest retail sales numbers, home sales in northwest Arkansas, and a challenge to an Arkansas liquor law.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: when you think of fertile ground for jazz you may think of New Orleans, Europe, New York City…but, Azerbaijan? Amina Figarova grew up listening to jazz in her childhood home in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s released a dozen albums and will close the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series this weekend. We'll hear from her later on the show. Plus…that extra "A" in Lake Atalanta in Rogers. Why the lake is called that isexplained in the latest edition of our series "What's in a Name?" And a wilderness water trail inside the Fort Smith city limits.
In the latest installment of our What's in a Name series, we explore the history of Lake Atalanta.A water trail along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith allows canoeists and kayakers a chance to experience some wilderness inside the Fort Smith city limits.
The goal of the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is that by 2020 all students will read at grade level by the third grade.An area school district that intended to arm teachers and other staff can no longer do so, after the board that issued a private security firm license to the Clarksville School District has revoked that license. The Arkansas State Police rolls out a fleet of new, more discreet cruisers. One of Springdale's farmers' markets closes, but could potentially reopen in the future. A non-profit aimed at serving women from disadvantaged situations gets ready to open in Rogers. And a new state law taking effect tomorrow means drivers will have to move over for more than just emergency personnel.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
On today's Ozarks, Walmart hosts a sustainability product expo, Mission of Mercy seeks dentists to volunteer their time, a reality show looks to cast Eureka Springs residents, and more.
Merle Haggard, North Pole explorers and more in our history capsule for April 6.
Artist Laboratory Theatre will create a sheet fort this weekend for artists and audience members to experience theater in an alternative manner.
Top puzzle creator Ed Pegg will be on the University of Arkansas campus tomorrow to present his lecture “Instant Fame: Using Computers to Solve Old Tricks.”
A separate but complimentary art exhibition to First Thursday will debut April 7th at Gaylord's in Fayetteville.
"Poor Jackie" by Man Man
Ozarks at Large's Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas reports on Northwest Arkansas cities' and residents' efforts to compost more. For tips and more information on composting, visit the U of A extension website www.uaex.edu or the Sierra Club Green Home website www.scgh.com.
"The Farmer" by the South Minneapolis Bassoon Quartet
