92-year-old Warren Blaylock, an on-and-off resident of the county, will talk about Bonnie and Clyde Sunday at the Drennen-Scott House. The notorious duo spent two weeks in Fort Smith when Blalylock was only 12.
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A Carroll County homestead is one of 98 Botanical Sanctuaries in the U.S., and the only one in Arkansas operated by Bree Donna Thompson who is working to conserve at-risk medicinal plants.A major jet manufacturer announces plans to expand its Little Rock facility, while plans move forward on a new fire station in Springdale and on a new dam in Bentonville. And, new jobs numbers are released for the month of April.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the Arkansas Music Pavilion gets a new home. Plus, we mark World MS Day.
The Fllipoff Pirates, a familiar local band, won the opportunity to play a set at Wakarusa tomorrow night.Next month, chefs in Downtown Bentonville will take on the challenge of pairing their dishes with everything from beer and wine to works of art. We speak with two of the participating chefs about the science, art and experimentation that goes along with those pairings.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says that the Gulley Park Summer Concert Series is a harbinger of summer.Today is World MS Day, and we talk with a representative of the MS Society and with a local resident afflicted by the degenerative disease.
The Walton Arts Center Council yesterday voted to move the Arkansas Music Pavilion to Rogers, near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade. WAC officials say that the move will open up more opportunities for the venue.
Governor Mike Beebe announced his appointee to replace Martha Shoffner as State Treasurer after her resignation last week. The Bentonville city council approves thousands of dollars worth of repair work to a flood-damaged trail. A Rogers elementary school gets a new fitness course through a joint-use grant with the city. And Arkansas' only contestant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee moves forward to the second round of competition today.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, the Affordable Care Act and the Marshalese population of Northwest Arkansas: Jacqueline Froelich has that report. Plus, the Rock City Times is Arkansas' second most unreliable news source. We'll talk to Greg Henderson, the man behind the satirical news site.
The San Francisco Jazz Collective will perform Thursday night at Walton Arts Center. Each year, the group chooses one artist’s music to highlight in their tour. This year it’s Stevie Wonder.
KUAF’s Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg spoke with Eric Harland, a drummer and member of the group, to find out more about the Collective.
Hamstring Creek in western Washington County jumped its banks during last spring’s record flood, inundating Gardie Dalton’s home. But with help from University of Arkansas water quality extension service, Arkansas Game and Fish Stream Team, and Rogers Group--a local quarry—the creek will likely behave.
“Before the Deluge” by Jackson Browne
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has a recap of all the business and political news from last week.
Nova Scotia-based puppetry company Mermaid Theatre will stage their adaptation of three Eric Carle books for children for a benefit show.
Arkansas’ second fiscal session comes to a close; Representative Darrin Williams to be Arkansas’ first African-American speaker of the House; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Dirty Hands” by Bear
