Circle of Life Hospice serves patients in Benton, Washington, Madison and Carroll Counties with compassionate end-of-life care. Upon completion, the in-patient home in Bentonville will allow Circle to better serve their patients in Benton and Carroll Counties. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas took a tour of the new building.
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Northwest Arkansas is rife with businesses and institutions on the move. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis looks at Northwest Arkansas Business stories from the past week in today's week in review.
Because we mostly zoom by them in our sealed vehicles, nature recordist and essayist Joe Neal takes us into an Ozarks meadow for a listen. Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book is “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”
The Fayetteville Farmers" Market is looking to expand its operating hours, the drought stabilizes this week but doesn't improve, and a mobile film production company announces plans to move to Fayetteville.
Throughout our Music Matters series, Sophie Kidd has highlighted a wide range of instruments from flute to cello to viola. Today, Sophie takes a look at a University of Arkansas student with an eclectic taste in instruments.
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers says we can research our Native American roots, attend a book signing and more today.
Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, National Coffee Day celebrated with a visit to a local roaster and distributor, and a close look at environmental infrastructure and recycling news in today's week in review.
In today's week in review, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis looks at environment-themed stories from the past week.
Last week, 7 Hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville sent out a request to the community for supplies they urgently need. An updated list is available at the organization's Facebook page
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we continue our series on poverty in Arkansas, taking a look at some of the historic reasons why the state for decades has battled a higher poverty level than other states. And, a new effort to raise the number of people with college degrees in the region. Five area institutions are working together to encourage adults to finish the work they started on campus but didn't complete.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Last night, three of the first African-American men to play football at the University of Arkansas shared some of their playing-days’ stories at the University of Arkansas Library. Yesterday afternoon, a few hours before the panel discussion, the three athletes, Brison Manor, Johnnie Meadors and Dennis Winston, met with reporters to talk about being recruited in the early 1970s to the university.
“Sunnyside” by: Kaki King
There was a slight decline in unemployment in the state in June, Governor Beebe says the state’s new trauma system could save the state in healthcare costs, and more.
“M79” by Vampire Weekend
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, we visit Buster Austin at his nineteenth century Ozarks homestead that’s been occupied since the mid-1800s. We also visit with a historian at the National Homestead Monument, to get some big history. For more information, visit the history and culture section of the National Park Service website: www.nps.gov.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net gives us the latest business and political headlines from last week.