Ahead on Ozarks, Roby Brock hosts a political roundtable to discuss the problematic launch of healthcare.gov. Also, Siloam Springs creates an online farmers' market. Plus, the Artmobile rolls into town, three things you should know about philanthropy and more.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, Roby Brock hosts a political roundtable to discuss the problematic launch of healthcare.gov. Also, Siloam Springs creates an online farmers' market. Plus, the Artmobile rolls into town, three things you should know about philanthropy and more.
The Arkansas Arts Center's art mobile is over 50 years old and one of few that remains in the nation. This week, it visits two area junior highs with its 2013-2014 exhibit "The Art of the Story."Republican gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson yesterday announced his plans to cut taxes for middle-income Arkansans, though some disagree about the potential budget impact the plan would have for the state. Fayetteville voters yesterday approved extending the current HMR tax to help fund development of a regional park and to help fund expansion of the Walton Arts Center, which still has quite a bit of fundraising left to do. Bentonville breaks ground on its community center, and two Springdale parks will soon have new bleachers for baseball and softball fields.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: art for you . . . and possibly art by you. We talk to the artistic eye behind a new exhibit of photographs exploring street art in Lebanon and we'll also take a quick tour of the Community Creative Center, where everybody and anybody is encouraged to make art. And, research into the water quality of Beaver Lake by scientists at the University of Arkansas.
"Beirut Speaks" is a photography exhibition by Jaime Holland that highlights street art in Lebannon. It's now on display at Coco's Lebanese CafeThe Community Creative Center wants you to try your hand at creativity.
Beaver Lake, a fresh water impoundment on the uppermost White River in northwest Arkansas is warming, and my be changing due to climate change, according to new research gathered by University of Arkansas limnologist Thad Scott.The city of Bentonville recently got a grant from the Endeavor Foundation for sidewalk construction in an area with sparse pedestrian infrastructure. Heifer International assesses damage to ongoing projects in the Philippines following the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This year has seen record corn yields for Arkansas farmers, but that's not necessarily all good news. Today is voting day in Fayetteville to extend a current hotel-motel-restaurant tax. And the UA Soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
On this Veteran’s Day edition of Ozarks, Christina Thomas talks to Warren Blaylock. He lives in Alma and he'll be part of a special Veteran's Day event in Crawford County tonight. He was a medic in World War II and served during the D-Day invasion and at the Battle of the Bulge. And some of the sounds from a ceremony Saturday at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville as additional land was added to the location. We also have Roby Brock's look back at the week in business and more.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, those amphibious harbingers of spring--frogs and toads--are being counted all over Arkansas. We'll find out how the frog watch works, and if the number of frogs in the state is diminishing. And, the AMP is being prepared for its first show. The seats aren't in yet, but work is going on almost around-the-clock to meet a June 1 completion date.
Such is the line frequently said by Smarty Jones, a Fayetteville based rapper who will take nearly anything as payment in exchange for his beats.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media tells us about the play, scheduled this weekend and next at Arts Center of the Ozarks.k Plus, it's African Night tomorrow night at UAFS.
The most recent home sales numbers were lackluster, and the latest month of tax collections were underwhelming, and unemployment remains stagnant. Roby Brock, of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas speaks with Michael Pakko, an economist with UALR's Institute on Economic Advancement, for his take on the state of the state's economy.
"I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)" by Coleman Hawkins
University of Arkansas doctoral student Robert Beauford was one of the first researchers to reach the site of a meteorite explosion in northern California last April. He says that the meteorite is one of the most primitive types of asteroid around.
"Sunrise in Aries"
Daniel Hintz of Downtown Bentonville wants to connect people thirsty for knowledge with the vast knowledge base available in the downtown Bentonville area, through classes in the Downtown Discoveries series.
