Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, new outdoor workout equipment is installed, a new art exhibit opens and a new book is published.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, new outdoor workout equipment is installed, a new art exhibit opens and a new book is published.
Jim Fairbanks’ new memoir examines his life since a diagnosis of type one diabetes.
More about the book at makesusstronger.comIn our weekly review of the headlines, we take a look at groups and organizations that are on the hook for more money, and one organization getting a sizable amount of money.
Jim Fairbanks’ new memoir examines his life since a diagnosis of type one diabetes.
More about the book at makesusstronger.comAhead on this edition of Ozarks, an update on an agreement between Arkansas and Oklahoma to improve the Illinois River Watershed. Plus, trap shooting. Also, a tour of the second phase of construction at Fayetteville High School, a forum focused on the possibility of a growing green economy in the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta Regions.
Oklahoma and Arkansas have battled for years in the press and courts about cleaning up the Illinois River, an impaired stream shared by both states. This winter they agreed to renew a pact to determine a scientific basis to clean the river. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, Arkansas industrial interests have since issued letters to EPA requesting a suspension of the current clean water standard.The Amazeum won't open until 2015, but Sam Dean, the director of the new science and learning museum, says that museum officials already have some idea of what the exhibits, and the building itself, will look like.
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.
Michael Heffernan will read tomorrow night at Nightbird Books. We talk to him about his latest collection of poetry, "Walking Distance."
The state's Department of Corrections has announced it will make changes to the state's parole system following calls by Governor Beebe and others to strengthen the supervision and control of parolees in the state. While new unemployment numbers show a decline in the state's business sector, other areas have experienced growth. Opposition is mounting against the White River's designation as a National Blueway. And non-profit organizations looking to Rogers to host baseball tournaments will soon have to pay more to play.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Plus, we have a report on regional accents.
Bentonville native Sheldon Tucker, who’s also a cast member of “Bring It On: The Musical,” talks to us about his career and “Bring It On.”
“White Knuckle” by Ok Go
Over the next several weeks, Ozarks at Large will examine the critical role of social workers in our lives. Arkansas is one of only 20 states that does not mandate the number of social workers placed in school districts.
Today, Christina Thomas visits with social workers in two school districts in our area as well as talks to parents who’ve been helped by them.
“Rain” by Uriah Heep
Lamar Pettus, the interim executive director of the Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center in Fayetteville, talks about the year-long series of concerts on Mount Sequoyah called Music on the Mountain. Singer-songwriter Randall Shreve performs tonight in the second concert of the series.
Efforts to expand an energy transmission grid used by nine state including Arkansas gets approval; Arkansas-based Acxiom adds jobs; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Scrooge Counts His Money” by Alan Silvestri
“Willy Wonka, Jr.” comes to Rogers; Mother Nature returns to Hobbs State Park; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hosts a gallery talk. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
