The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau recently honored the recipients of the organization's GRIT Awards.
Ozarks At Large


The week's headlines were filled with stories of one senator's emergency heart surgery, and with several lawsuits at the state level.
A Pulaski County Circuit Court ruling yesterday nullified the state's new voter ID law, the Arkansas Supreme Court rejects a motion to rehear a case in which justices refused a multi-billion dollar judgement against a major pharmaceutical company, and state legislators hear reasons why the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid is costing more for plan holders than was previously projected.


The University of Arkansas' Department of English is offering a showcase of all the ways the department touches the campus and the state.
Becca says tonight's performance by the Improvised Shakespeare Company at Walton Arts Center will be unique.




Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Governor Mike Beebe talks special session and another effort to attract European businesses to Arkansas. Plus, we learn more about XNA's master plan for the future and whether E-gas is the fuel of the future.
Roiled a century ago by race riots, Harrison is taking pragmatic steps to repair its reputation, and has become culturally diverse, due to the presence of the Harrison Community Task Force on Race Relations. Still, as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a few local
white patriots have come out to mark the town as their territory.
The town of More Tomorrow, Belize could have a safe source of water soon with help from students at the University of Arkansas.
You can go to Russia to watch Olympic curling. You can go to Springdale to actually play.
New by Bjork
The issue of net neutrality is back in the news and we ask our tech ambassador for some of the basics.
As an African-American college freshman in 1958, Dorothy Marcy thought treatment she received was discrimination. Fifty years later she learned it was for her protection. More on Compassion Fayetteville can be found here.
Arrow by Tegan and Sara