
Ozarks At Large

While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.

Arkansas Lottery Officials update the Legislative Oversight Committee on decreasing lottery revenue. A group advocates at the state capitol for fairer tax laws, and the Ben Geren Aquatics Center moves forward as the first construction bids will soon be awarded.

The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
Surveys conducted through site visits to Arkansas school districts that conducted PARCC field testing this spring showed that most districts will be prepared for Common Core technology requirements this fall.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there are drums, guitars and horns in our near future.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the Wrecking Ball takes to downtown Springdale for a one of a kind event for one night only. Plus, First Christian jChurch in Fayetteville prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday today.
Arkansas International Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing prepares for deployment to Afghanistan.
“A Storm Approaches” by Rahim Al-Hoj and Ottmar Liebert
Jobless rate is down and home sales are up for the month of July in Fort Smith.
The motorcycle rally plans to become bigger and better than ever before.
“Sylvic” by Dream Circle
The Green Party will launch a drive to gain ballot access in the 2012 election cycle, the Arkansas Agritourism Initiative begins a new advertising campaign to capitalize on the harvest season, the Nats lose their lead in the Texas League north, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
A new festival to go with First Thursday comes to Fayetteville plus, the first night of TheatreSquared’s Boeing Boeing.