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This is the fourth year for the Rogers Short Film Festival. This weekend, 34 short films will be screened at the Victory Theater in downtown Rogers. There are categories for K-12, post-secondary students, amateurs, and professionals. Festival director Barry Cobbs and Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams sat down to discuss the event and how organizers emphasized socialization.
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Over the weekend, Bella Vista hosted its annual city-wide garage sale, where residents register their address and offer up any items they want to sell to neighbors and strangers. This year's sale had more than 450 participating households.
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The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement recently analyzed data that takes a comprehensive look at child delivering providers in Northwest Arkansas.
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Ozarks at Large host Kyle Kellams sits down with KUAF Community Engagement Manager Jasper Logan to discuss upcoming events around the Ozarks, including Gotahold's poetry open mic, Crystal Bridge's Wellness Festival and Noon2Moon Mountain Bike Race at Coler Mountain Bike Preserve.
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Across parts of the South, it’s crawfish boil season. The Louisiana tradition has been known to make its way farther north into Arkansas. But this year, low levels of rainfall in Louisiana are having an impact on crawfish harvest.
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State and national drug enforcement officials are urging people to dispose of their unused medication this Saturday at designated sites. Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth has more.
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BLK ELK Media is a Fayetteville-based production company primarily known for outdoor and adventure photography and videography. This Saturday, the organization is hosting an art gallery titled “Art in Motion.” The event will feature an array of custom “restomod” motorcycles, restored originals from artist Taylor Art Stjerna of One Up Moto Garage, and visual art from creatives at Blk Elk.
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Michael Tilley from "Talk Business & Politics" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss the possible removal of downtown parking meters in Fort Smith, the approval of a $1.7 million warehouse at the Port of Fort Smith, a slight gain in March sales tax revenue and another update from the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority.
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Planned Parenthood is one of the nation’s largest providers of affordable reproductive health care. Offering different methods of birth control is a fundamental service of the organization, a service which took center stage earlier this month at the Rogers location during their first ever one-day vasectomy clinic. Why are vasectomies often considered last in birth control options? And why is it important to have these resources available?
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City of Fort Smith officials are continuing to improve their community’s walkability. On March 11, the city approved a new Greenway that will allow residents in urban areas to take part in active transportation, connecting them to businesses and public-use buildings. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis visited the planned route for the new path this week and spoke with city officials to learn more.
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In this week's edition of the "Northwest Arkansas Business Journal," we hear from former cybersecurity executive and resident entrepreneur Sajan Gautam. Host Paul Gatling caught up with Gautam at a recent event hosted by the Fuel Accelerator.
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Last week on Ozarks at Large, we heard from Kristina Jones, Fayetteville’s Volunteer and Ecological Programs coordinator, and Brian Pugh, Waste Reduction Coordinator, about a city-wide cleanup that took place last weekend. The cleanup was successful, and the conversation went into the city’s broader environmental goals. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis spoke with Kristina and Brian about those goals.