Becca gives parents opportunities to entertain their kids at Crystal Bridges, Trike Theatre and Hobbs State Park during Spring Break.
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Members of the Big Creek Research and Extension Team delivered a seminar yesterday regarding its first quarter report on studying potential environmental impacts of a Newton County hog farm.
With the passage of the private option, Roby Brock hosts a roundtable to discuss reactions to the bill's passage and upcoming primary elections.
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.Henry McLeish, visiting professor to the University of Arkansas will speak this afternoon in the Global Campus auditorium on the role of education in a modern society and differences between education in the United States and Europe.
A collaboration between the Northwest Arkansas Regional Council and Northwest Arkansas Chambers of Commerce resulted in the 2013 Employer Retention and Expansion Survey in which 529 area employers were interviewed with positive results.
The prosecution rested its case yesterday afternoon, and this morning the defense rested in the extortion and bribery trial of former state treasurer Martha Shoffner. Plus, Peco Foods announces a multi-million dollar expansion in the eastern portion of the state.
Becca says our musical options during the next few days include performances by the Lyrique Quintette, and Har Mar Superstar.
The Rogers chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma collected and donated books to Best Pediatric Clinic's reading program.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it's primary election day in Arkansas, and Roby Brock talks to three Republicans who are vying for their party's nomination for attorney general. Plus, the City of Fayetteville is looking toward the future as Baby Boomers continue to age. A new project wants the city to become an age-friendly place. And, in our monthly series on technology, we visit the VA hospital in Fayetteville, where new solar arrays aim to make the facility more sustainable.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, makes his case for why Richard Nixon made as much a mark on American history as any figure in the last half of the 20th century.
A group protesting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Oklahoma, including members from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California, chain themselves to equipment at a construction site on the pipeline to prevent construction from moving forward. Officials in Central Arkansas lament a lack of access to documents related to the Mayflower Oil spill, leading to what they view as a lack of oversight. Rogers aldermen look to spend just more than $1 million on a trails project. And state officials draft a waiver that would allow the state to use federal Medicaid dollars for the state's so-called "private option" Medicaid expansion plan.
"Night Fight" by Tan Dun
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to two legislators about Planned Parenthood and health exchanges.
A potential national designation for the White River has created concern among some Arkansas residents.
There are still four chances to see musicians from the Artosphere Orchestra in Fayetteville, Eureka Springs and Bella Vista.
"Extreme Ways" by Moby
