Singer and songwriter Joe Crookston is back in Fayetteville this week, almost a year after his first visit at the 2013 Roots Festival.
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Fans from around the world are cheering for their teams during the World Cup in bars and homes across northwest Arkansas.
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Joe Crookston is back in Fayetteville for workshops, a concert and the screening of a documentary inspired by one of his songs.
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Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the four men running for Arkansas governor weigh in on what they might do with the Private Option expansion if elected. And we hear from people trying to stop illegal dumping in counties across the region as well. We also hear comment from a ribbon cutting last night for a new stretch of trail in Fayetteville that will allow easier access to Mount Kessler and more.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about a book talk at the Fayetteville Public Library and a movie screening at the Rogers Public Library.
Recipients of a grant from the Winthrop Rockefeller foundation plan to implement savings programs for after high school schooling and improve the state's 49th rank in the country for young adults with a post-secondary education.
The state is the first in the country to implement a smart 911 system. The adoption of the new system across the state was announced earlier this week at the state capitol by elected officials and representatives of Arkansas’ fire, police and EMS first responders. Nathan Vandiver from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock filed this report.
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University of Arkansas researcher Dr. Susan Gauch is helping develop personalized search engines. She visited KUAF earlier this week to talk with Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda about her research.
More of this conversation is available here