The northwest Arkansas chapter of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is getting ready to host Soup Sunday. The event helps raise funds to finance the non-profit’s advocacy efforts. I spoke with Laura Kellams, the director of the organization in northwest Arkansas.
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Italian Consul General Hon. Fabrizio Nava visited KUAF’s Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to discuss cooperation efforts between the state of Arkansas and Italy. Nava is in charge of cooperation efforts in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.Share some “Love Gone Bad” stories and music at this unique fundraiser that raises money for Seven Hills Homeless Center.
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Tonight, a book talk about “The Blasphemer” will be hosted at the Fayetteville Public Library, and the band Railroad Earth performs at George’s in Fayetteville. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
The nonprofit “A Little Free Library” was launched to keep books alive. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas reports on the movement gaining momentum in northwest Arkansas.
The Titanic Museum in Branson will host this year’s National Ice-Carving Championship. Kyle Kellams speaks with Jaynie Vandenberg, a spokesperson for the museum, to find out more.Arkansas legislators look at cost-of-living raises for state employees; the Arkansas trucking industry -- on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year. We take a look at its history and various programs.
Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco will perform at Legacy Blues in Fayetteville this Friday. KUAF’s Robert Ginsburg spoke with him to find out more about his life and career.
Another flock of blackbirds collapsed from firecracker fright again in Beebe over New Years. Our flocks, however, were not disturbed. Essayist and recordist Joe Neal spent time beneath several local roosts to tell their story. He is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” as well as his latest book, “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
The Riverfront Blues Festival takes the stage this weekend in Fort Smith. Becca Martin Brown has more.
The Artosphere Festival Orchestra has just come together and already they’re playing music.
The season is almost over at Walton Arts Center but there is still music and some parody left.
"Almost Summer" by The Beach Boys
Execution dates for inmates on death row in Arkansas have been put on hold. State lawmakers rally in Little Rock, urging the state's supreme court to uphold a judgement against drugmaker Johnson and Johnson. Also in the state capitol, close attention is being paid to how the state's parole monitoring system is being managed. Mercy Health Northwest in Rogers opens a new center to serve geriatrics in the area. And more trees are on the way for one parking lot in downtown Fayetteville.
"Stormur" by Sigur Ros
Late last year, the six-county solid waste district voted to default on $12 million dollars in bonds and loans used to purchase and improve NABORS Landfill in 2006. This spring investors demanded repayment--in full. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, in a last-ditch effort, district leaders hope to reopen the facility.
