
Ozarks At Large

The board of directors of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport recently approved a new long-range master plan for the airport. That plan contains a variety of projects for the short, near and long term future.
The Principal Fellows program at the U of A yesterday announced it had received a $1.9 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation. A recent report suggests that in coming years, the northwest Arkansas economy will be among the fastest growing in the U.S.. And the Bentonville City Council gets ready to fill two vacancies.

UA Professor Angie Maxwell argues that the attention the South received throughout the 20th century in regards to three particular events has shaped the Southern Identity that exists yet today. She discusses her book The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiorty, and the the Politics of Whiteness with Ozarks’ Christina Karnatz.


The two candidates for Arkansas governor propose different solutions for the overwhelming number of state inmates that are being held at county jails across Arkansas. The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport board recently approved a new master plan, while various interested parties in Bella Vista work to develop a master plan for recreational trails in the city.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, July 7, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what teeth can tell us about our ancestors. Also, how climate change is affecting the Marshall Islands.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center talks about upcoming events.
Inspired by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a 13 year-old Fayetteville boy is organizing the first ever NWA Towel Day today at Gulley Park.
Visit www.nwatowelday.tk for more information.
Yesterday, the Fayetteville City Council voted on an amendment to an ordinance that proposed to ban smoking in all city bars. The measure failed due to the lack of enough support from the council. Alderman Mark Kinion speaks about his decision to vote against the proposed amendment.
“A Beautiful Mine” Remix by Madder Men
As our Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas reports, Walmart and Sam’s Club look at innovative ways to create a sustainable, zero-waste future.
The Village Players will present “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” in Bentonville later this month.
More information is available at www.bvvillageplayers.org.