
Ozarks At Large



Cynthia Levinson's book, We've Got a Job examines an amazing event during the fight for civil rights. In 1963 thousands of children marched through the segregated city of Birmingham, Alabama.
The Community Clinic of NWA yesterday announced it has received a notable recognition for its implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care. And, Fort Smith and Springdale get good jobs news.

Backroad Anthem is working on recovering after having a trailer loaded with their musical gear stolen this weekend.
A new documentary profiles more than two dozen LGBT elected office holders in the United States.
Becca says the UA Drama Department's studio series will begin tomorrow with performances at Nadine Baum Studios.
Hope 2013 is a free health clinic that will take place Friday and Saturday at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. For more information, call Kevin Fitzpatrick at 575-3777.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a task force on race is working in Harrison to discuss the past, present and future of that city. And a student organization at the University of Arkansas is working to make sure a small town in Belize will have an ample supply of safe water in the future.
Two public meetings were held late yesterday in Jasper to address concerns about the large CAFO in Newton County. Picasolar took home several thousand dollars from an MIT competition earlier this week. Fort Smith has finished automating trash collection, but now the city's sanitation department is turning its eye to automating recyclable collection. And speaking of Fort Smith, Senator Mark Pryor demands answers from the U.S. Air Force regarding the future of the 188th Fighter Wing.
"Seventh Voyage of Sinbad: The Duel With the Skeleton" by Bernard Hermann
Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently completed a study, concluding that the use of sequential pricing based on real-time knowledge of shopper preferences could increase retailer profits. Ozarks at Larges Christina Thomas spoke with Cary Deck and John Aloysius of the Walton College of Business.
This week a business plan from Picasolar took top honrs, and big money, at a competition at MIT.
A new program gets young people on the river, some paddling in a canoe for the first time.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers gives a litany of entertainment options for Mothers' Day gifts.
"Valley of the Gwangi" by Phantom Tollbooth