Ozarks At Large
The Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial will be dedicated tomorrow in Little Rock.
New standardized public education testing will be tried in Arkansas public schools under the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, one million students across 18 states, including Arkansas, will participate in the “Next Generation Assessment” field tests.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire says the 188th Fighter Wing has recieved approval to spend to $12.5 million to build a facility that could help the unit become an ISR Center of Excellence.The university system's board voted yesterday to start offering online courses. And, the state departments of health and education partner on educating schools about the dangers of heat-related illnesses.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a walk around the trails at Lake Fayetteville will take you past acres of charred land. We learn about the benefits of prescribed burns such as these. Plus not one, but two area towns are in the running to take over the March Madness bracket of the Greatest Southern Town. And, we climb a tree to visit the serene world of a children's treehouse, and get ready for Spring Break with options for movie lovers.
Trading on the popularity of the NCAA Tournament, the magazine Garden and Gun has its own bracket. This one pits southern towns against each other.
Wings, and other films, will be shown at area libraries during next week's Spring Break Vacation. Becca has a full list.
We go off into our own world with Josh Hart, a carpenter and owner of Natural State Treehouses, who builds play structures for people of all ages.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a report on the approved usage of E-Notarization in Arkansas. And we speak to an editor, a reporter, and a journalism instructor about the future of newspapers and journalism.
The first-ever Fayetteville Roots Festival is scheduled for Sunday at Greenhouse Grille. We talked with organizers about how the multi-artist musical event was planned and hear some of the musicians involved.
More from our conversation, including a possible Rocky III connection to the festival, can be heard here.
This month paid parking became reality in many parts of downtown Dickson Street. We have six questions and answers about the system.
"Drive My Car" by Francois Sciortino
The HBO documentary "Gasland," is a critique about America's burgeoning shale gas drilling industry. The film premiered at Sundance, last January, where it took the 2010 Sundance Special Jury Prize. Since then, writer and director Josh Fox has hosted public viewings of his film in places where shale gas drilling is occurring--including Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich met with him during his visit to Fayetteville, August 19th, and brings us his story. "Gasland" will be released on DVD this December. To learn more about Josh Fox visit gaslandthemovie.com.
Greg Moore seeks discarded metal and other tossed object to use as his canvas.
"Fever Dreams" by Hosta
Jazz, Major League Baseball and more in our history capsule for August 26.
