At any given time, there are around 4000 children in foster care in Arkansas. Of those, 500 will never return home. Sebastian County has the second-largest number of foster kids and children available for adoption behind only Pulaski County though its population is much less. We learn more about adoption in Arkansas…
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According to the Arkansas Realtors' Association, home sales were up statewide in October, though the association is cautious about still-to-come sales totals for November. A volleyball tournament this weekend in Fort Smith is expected to bring more than $160,000 of economic impact to the area. Two area cities get a boost from the state with community development block grants. And Crystal Bridges will start opening earlier on the weekends.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, some local Marshal Island migrants may be eligible to enroll in the Arkansas health care marketplace for private insurance. Plus, we go backstage at the Walton Arts Center, check in with meteorologist Dan Skoff, and more.
If you haven't already, it might be time to get your winter coat out, for good. We speak with Weather Dan Skoff, chief meteorologist with KNWA, about why Northwest Arkansas can see temperatures in the 70s one day and just days later temperatures in the 30s.
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Marshallese migrants living in the United States are eligible to enroll in the Arkansas marketplace for private insurance. Jacqueline Froelich attended a health fair in Springdale designed to encourage islanders to sign up.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas speaks to Rex Nelson about political candidates' proposals regarding taxes.Electronic onboard recorders are set to replace paper logs for truck drivers to make sure they aren't working more hours than they are allowed by federal law. The Arkansas Red Cross responds to storm damage across the Midwest. Unoccupied acreage at the site of a former Tyson plant in Fayetteville moves one step closer to redevelopment. And expansions are in the works that will bring more jobs to Springdale and Fort Smith.
On this edition of Ozarks…a spare budget, a stark story and a love of Arkansas locations are ingredients for a new movie called Come Morning. The northwest Arkansas premier is in a few weeks and we'll hear from the film’s creator. Plus a preview of GIS Day…how creating maps has changed in just the past thirty years…and how the earth changed 10-thousand years ago. Michael Jochim offers a preview of his talk tonight about the end of the last ice age and how the planet changed.
A movie that was shot in Kingsland, Ark. will make its NWA premiere Dec. 5 at Rogers Malco Towne Cinema. 
Research continues on how the end of the last ice age affected people, plants and animals ten thousand years ago.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the former president of Heifer International speaks on the University of Arkansas campus. Plus, we take a walk through history that begins in Jasper.
Yesterday, Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale announced a partnership with Northwest Arkansas Community College that will allow NTI students to transfer credit.
The once-elegant hotel on Berryville’s town square had undergoing major restoration—until the recession struck. The hardworking couple who seek to save it face losing everything unless an angel investor steps forward. More of their story at ozarts.org
“Well-Tempered Clavier” by M. Ward
The music festival returns to Memphis this weekend, says Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
“Rock Me Now” by Metric
This Saturday, Terra Studios in Fayetteville is hosting Spring Music Fest, a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. It’ll also celebrate World Labyrinth Day.
More information is available at www.terrastudios.com.
Christina Thomas discovered that cheese dip was first invented in a restaurant in North Little Rock. This Saturday, the first-ever Fayetteville Sip n Dip event will combine dip with beer.
More information available at www.cheesedip.net.
