
Ozarks At Large

Many events this month head outdoors including this picnic benefitting SpayArkansas. Dogs are welcome.
According to a new report, the funding disparity between traditional school districts and charter schools has increased more than 54 percent in 8 years.
University of Arkansas officials yesterday unveiled a new chamber in the Human Performance Laboratory will allow researchers to have a temperature and humidity-controlled atmosphere in which to study physiological effects that heat has on the human body.
President Obama was in Central Arkansas yesterday, visiting victims of the recent storms and tornadoes that ravaged the area. Meanwhile, state legislators heard testimony from state finance officials regarding fiscal forecasts for the next few years.


The idea of Community varies from person to person. A year long project at Fayetteville High School concludes with an open house showcasing juniors’ and seniors’ ideas of community as seen through each of their camera lenses.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a float along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a hog farm started business near the waterway, and a brand new water park in Siloam Springs is almost ready for the public. And speaking of being ready for the public, the Walmart AMP in Rogers last night had its public debut. Blake Shelton was the first headliner to perform in the new venue, but a few days earlier, we got a sneak preview of the facility.
Residents living near natural gas extraction sites in north central Arkansas who worry their drinking water may be contaminated will be the subject of a USGS water quality study—the first of its kind in the nation.
The program, set up by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban and Development, helps homeowners behind on their mortgages because of a loss of their job or bad weather.
Visit www.ccoacares.com or http://www.nw.org/network/foreclosure/nfmcp/EHLPmainpage.asp.
An Arkansas nurse says near-drowning incidents are on the rise this year, Governor Mike Beebe decides to call an election to renew highway bonds and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half Time.
“Kamera” by Wilco
Becca reminds us of the farmers' markets open today throughout the region.
“Strange Things Happening Everyday” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Local children’s book author Tammy Carter Bronson’s recent book “Sea Horse, Run!” has won the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award.