The story of the first African American policeman in Fayetteville led two graduate students at the University of Arkansas to uncover other stories for their documentary Oak Cemetery: A Forgotten Place.
Ozarks At Large
In case you’re wondering who to see at Wakarusa this weekend, Becca Martin Brown provides some suggestions.
The 21st Cancer Challenge is just one of many ways to support nonprofits in the area this month.
A recent study suggests that Arkansas' two racetrack and gaming complexes have a sizable impact on the state's economy. Fayetteville Public Schools prepares to offer free meals to city youths through the summer, and an effort to raise the state's minimum wage gets a groundswell of support.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
In this month’s food segment, we visit the Arkansas Food Innovation Center where the Roberts family makes Gina’s Salsa. 
Later this month, Siloam Springs will be home to a Whitewater Recreation Park, the first of its kind in the state.
Memorial Day marks the opening of public swimming pool season across America. And this summer, an article about pools and race will be published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, titled “Going off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock’s Public Swimming Pools.” Jacqueline Froelich spoke with author and historian John Kirk.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a business degree from the University of Arkansas without ever seeing Old Main or setting foot on senior walk: an online degree is now a reality. Plus, we get an update on updating Cane Hill, one of the oldest communities in the region.
Particia Adamsco-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, the NRDC, with her husband John forty years ago. The story of the founding of the NRDC...and what's happened since...makes up the bulk of the memoir "A Force of Nature" co-written by John and Patricia Adams with George Black.
Thanksgiving means many things...and almost all of them are included in the new cookbook "The Commonsense Kitchen" by Tom Hudgens. There is food, of course, but also essays about why we should be thankful for our food.
"Spreading Spirit" by Calvin Keys
Now that Thanksgiving is here, the holiday-themed events in the region are almost everywhere.
"King Humming Bird" by JJ Grey and Mofro
The publishing house McSweeney's is known for a roster of talented writers and for a passionate approach to the printed word. We talked with a co-publisher of the new volume, "The Art of McSweeney's."
Determining the perimeter of a parcel of land is the complex business of a land surveyor. Several dozen licensed surveyors operate around the four-county area. But Jacqueline Froelich set her sights on quite possibly the region's most rugged survey crew and follows them into the Ozarks outback.
