Crawford County officials consider putting a sales tax issue for a new jail before voters during next spring's primary election. Pat Hayes jumps into the race for the Second District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. And Arkansas Tech University's Ozark Campus received final approval from the Arkansas State Board of Nursing for the college's registered nursing program.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the under-appreciated parts of the United States Constitution. Sanford Levinson, the author of the book Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance, discusses the parts of the documents many of us are unfamiliar with or don't think about often. Plus a new report, issued today, from the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal production, examines animal agriculture in the United States.
Sanford Levinson recently spoke on the University of Arkansas campus and during his visit came to KUAF.
Just in time for Halloween, youth theater company Arts Live presents A Zombie High School Homecoming. It is the company's first original production to be written by one of the students and begins Halloween evening and runs through Sunday November 3.
The Folk Festival in Eureka Springs brings in national and local acts for a full weekend of music.
You should know there is a special Halloween on the Fayetteville Square, an award-winning history teacher in Bentonville and a top National Geographic photographer coming to the University of Arkansas.
The interdisciplinary Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production issued its landmark report in 2008. A new study issued this morning at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future examines public policy impacts of the report five years later. To learn more visit pcifap.orgCongressman Tim Griffin says he decided against running for reelection to spend time with his family. Governor Mike Beebe yesterday signed into law a short-term fix for the shortfall in the Public School Employee insurance program. And Bentonville is getting closer to beginning construction on its multi-million dollar community center.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the types of plants that harm bugs, butterflies and bees. Plus, a conversation with the multi-talented artist Crow Johnson.
Crow Johnson has been writing words for others' consumption for some time, and although it has been a while since her last CD release, she hasn't stopped writing. She tells us about a new collection of her work, titled Flights of Fancy, which includes short stories, a novella, essays and even some of her lyrics. She is also the featured writer at this month's Ozark Poets and Writers Collective meeting at Nightbird Books.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, March 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about new standardized public eduction testing that will be tried in schools as part of the new Common Core cirriculum. Also, Little Chief performs a song of their new album.
Becca Martin Brown says that Fleetwood Mac, Little Big Town and Jewell are a few of the music acts to keep an eye out for in the coming days.
Emily Chase recently received a national honor for her thesis work at the University of Arkansas. She told us about the creation of her paper gowns.
"Harlem Nocturne" by Earl Bostic
The Fifth Annual Celebration of Heroes event benefiting the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross is next Saturday May 4. Today, we meet a local hero who saved the life of a three-year-old girl.
Artosphere is just around the corner, and as a result, a full slate of activities are on the schedule at Walton Arts Center.
"The Truth Seeker" by Pharez Whitted
We continue our series previewing this weekend's poetry festival at Nightbird Books. Katie Nichol grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and says she started writing poetry when she was about 12 years old:
