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Thursday, July 17, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, we speak with the trumpeter of The Sons of Brasil. The Kansas City jazz band plays nothing but Latin music and will be in NWA this weekend. Plus, we join a program in progress as it encourages youngsters to read over the summer.
The Arkansas Board of Education rolls out a new progress assessment system for school across the state, waypoints in Northwest Arkansas may soon be easier to locate, and Rogers school district officials are looking at changing the way early-achieving students receive credit for courses.
:Iceberg Blues" by The Heavy Pets
The number of patient visits to the Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center has increased from two thousand in 2000 to more than eleven thousand in 2011. Now the center is moving to a new, larger space.
Devil's Den State Park will host the inaugural CCC Geocaching Challenge Saturday morning. "Winter Songs" by The Head and The Heart
"Winter Songs" by The Head and The Heart
The Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality annual gala last weekend honored “Pride at Walmart,” the retailer’s LGBT corporate resource group. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, leaders took the opportunity to speak on the record for the first time about gay culture at the Home Office. (Photo: Walmart 2011 Diversity and Inclusion Report)
Becca says we'll see pirates, ship captains, cowboys, astronauts at the Springdale Public Library as part of its Adventure Day event.