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21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville is continuing to offer manager docent tours at 5 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday. Becca Martin Brown says the monthly activites may be a bit hard to keep up with, but a little effort is worth it.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses Arkansas politics with bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert.The state Department of Corrections is looking for a vendor for pharmaceuticals used in lethal injections. Several hundred-thousand-dollars will be given out in reparations to victims of crimes during the month of May. The Bentonville School District continues its push toward a millage election in September, and the city of Fayetteville considers an ordinance that would place restrictions on door-to-door solicitation.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a recent poll by the Blair Center shows that the opinions of people with similar backgrounds aren't all that similar. Plus, how carpenter bees get into your house without the use of tiny hammers, and a preview of this week's LPGA tournament in Rogers.
The NWA Championship begins today and this year, organizers want to make the 17th hole the loudest hole in golf.A recent poll conducted by a pair of University of Arkansas System entities asked about attitudes toward immigration.
Two Democrats announced their candidacy for Lieutenant Governor, plus the state and federal government files suit against Exxon-Mobil for its handling of the Mayflower oil spill. Roby Brock with our content partner Talk Business Arkansas has those stories and more in his weekly review of business and political stories.Answer Fort Smith has just completed renovation of a larger facility for its telephone answering services, creating space for more employees. Gas prices rise slightly in Arkansas, though the national average dropped over the past week. Two Democratic candidates for statewide office endorse each other, and Governor Mike Beebe wants more to be done to end childhood hunger in the state.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: remembering the Ozark Folk Fair from forty years ago. The headliners included some of the top names in blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, but the event is all but forgotten now. Plus northwest Arkansas ranchers rally to help out farmers in South Dakota who lost cattle because of bad weather and local non-profits embrace Giving Tuesday.
Associate vice-chancellor for facilities management at the University of Arkansas Dr. Mike Johnson discusses the various factors considered before proposing the two sites for a service road to be used during the renovation of Ozark and Vol Walker Halls over the next two years.
Local resident Paula Marinoni on how she organized a protest against the original plan that would’ve involved the use of Lafayette Street and a part of the East Old Main lawn for a temporary service road.
“Chasin’ the Trane” by John Coltrane
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Fayetteville is offering respite to families and friends caring for loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Photo: co-founder, David Williams.
“In a Quiet Place” by Marc Johnson
An exhibition by University of Arkansas ceramic students at the Fine Arts Gallery, a screening of Jumanji at the Boone County Library, and a performance by Sugar Free Allstars at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas speaks with fellow Energy Corps representative Dan Dean, sustainability coordinator at Walton Arts Center.
