The Mustache Running Club and Girls on the Run of NWA are two ways local residents can become involved in the sport of running. A calendar of races can be found at www.ArkansasRunner.Com.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks, we take a look at a new study that analyzes high school graduation rates in Arkansas. Also Dick Johnson stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.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.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.
A study released by Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families says that the state’s juvenile detention system is broken. But as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, two Northwest Arkansas detention centers have found a fix.Roby Brock and Dr. Jay Barth, Professor of Political Science at Hendrix College, look at some of the season’s political ads and poll results of Republican voters.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, July 11, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, how ex-pats in NWA watch the World Cup. And, singer/songwriter Joe Crookston stops by the studio.
This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Parent blogging isn't a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one. Some of the more successful practitioners can catch the attention of ad agencies.
Blessings are part of many lives. Almost everybody thinks of them differently in some way.
For our monthly spaces series, we tour the Tulsa National Weather Service office.
Our ten clips saluting science!
1. Thomas Dolby and the 80s anthem, She Blinded Me with Science.
2. Greer Garson as Marie Curie in the 1943 movie, Madame Curie.
3. Those kings of nerd rock, Barenaked Ladies, sing The History of Everything,
4. Peter Sellers (and Peter Sellers) in Dr. Strangelove.
5. Blondie and that 80s anthem, Atomic.
6. The work of the Absent-Minded Professor becomes public to the citizens of Medfield.
7. Oingo Boing and that 80s anthem, Weird Science.
8. Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox and a DeLorean in Back to the Future.
9. Colin Clive, as Dr. Frankenstein, is somewhat proud of his creation. His attitude will change.
10. Tom Leher (of course!) sings The Elements.
Apologies to: the other kings of nerd rock, They Might be Giants, all of those other mad scientists, The Andromeda Strain, Jesse Pinkman and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker (two of the best muppets). Maybe next time.
