Tom Wing, director of the Drennen-Scott House in Van Buren, says that the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas was originally located in Van Buren, prior to Judge Isaac Parker's reign over the court in Fort smith.
Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock talks to Grant Tennille from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission about the state's economy in the weeks after the federal government shutdown.
The Amazeum yesterday announced that it had received a $10 million matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation.The Arkansas Department of Education yesterday released the annual achievement adequacy report for primary and secondary schools in the state. The state Department of Human Services says that more than 49,000 Arkansans have been automatically enrolled in insurance plans based on a formula by the Arkansas Insurance Department. the director of FEMA under President Clinton declares his candidacy for the Fourth District seat in U.S. Congress. The Marshals Museum in Fort Smith gets a boost, and Mercy Hospital NWA names its new president.
The Arkansas Department of Education yesterday released the annual achievement adequacy report for primary and secondary schools in the state. The state Department of Human Services says that more than 49,000 Arkansans have been automatically enrolled in insurance plans based on a formula by the Arkansas Insurance Department. the director of FEMA under President Clinton declares his candidacy for the Fourth District seat in U.S. Congress. The Marshals Museum in Fort Smith gets a boost, and Mercy Hospital NWA names its new president.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we spend time with a student who is part of the Autism Support Program at the University of Arkansas…a program developed two years ago on campus. And we'll also find out about the plans for Nerdies…a program that will cater toward young people who might not want to spend time on the field or the court, but working with other hobbies and pastimes.
In this month's music review, we listen to Let's Be Still, the sophomore album from Seattle-based The Head and the Heart.
Some kids may like athletics or marching band, but one effort in Fayetteville aims to nurture the next generation of nerds in a positive atmosphere.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a chapter ends for a bankrupt landfill in the Ozarks. Plus, the new president of the state's largest advertising agency talks about his new post, and the Fort Smith Board of Directors holds its first quarterly brainstorming session.
The deadline for graduating high school seniors to apply for the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship is this weekend. Congressman Tim Griffin wants to lower the top income tax rate for individuals and businesses. New lockage hours will go into effect next week along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. And, two campgrounds will reopen at the Buffalo National River after two local groups volunteer to take care of the maintenance.
"Sunlight" by Pat Metheny
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses numbers that suggest an improving economy.
Nearly 40 families and individuals affected by a major tar sands oil pipeline rupture two months ago in Mayflower, Arkansas--25 miles northwest of Little Rock--have filed lawsuit against Exxon-Mobil. We talk with a lead attorney on the case, as well as query Exxon about the suit.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a different kind of memorial day is observed this weekend in Fayetteville.
We have sounds from musicians and concertgoers who attended the first day of Wakarusa.
