A collection of stories tagged 'ark' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:21:26 EST Mountain View, Ark., is a small town in the Ozark Mountains where musicians are leading an effort to keep the town alive. It's part of a series talking to people about whom they look up to. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54925 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94076332&ft=1&f=1021 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EDT David Greene missed Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention. He was too busy dancing at an Ozarks jam session in Mountain View, Ark — in search of local leaders. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54842 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94019621&ft=1&f=1012 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report that projects that whites will no longer be a majority of Americans by 2042. One community dealing with burgeoning racial diversity is Gentry, Ark., where a significant number of Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia are settling. Gentry residents Blia Xeng, Doua Thor and Randy Barrett discuss the immigrant experience and how Gentry is changing. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54486 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93787149&ft=1&f=1021 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT Renee Montagne has today's Last Word in business. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53752 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93293375&ft=1&f=1051 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT Wal-Mart, the company known for its low prices, also delivers low-cost health coverage to its employees. The world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark., says a record number of workers, many previously uninsured, are signing up. Jacqueline Froelich reports from member station KUAF in Fayetteville, Ark. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46565 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88552279&ft=1&f=1006 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:06:00 EDT It's the 50th anniversary of the landmark effort to desegregate public schools in Little Rock, Ark. President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division to make sure that black students were allowed to attend Central High. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39777 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14649353&ft=1&f=1012 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:43:00 EDT Fifty years after the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., the role of activist Daisy Bates is still being debated. Bates helped recruit the Little Rock Nine, the first black students to attend the school. But some think she took much credit. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39696 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14563865&ft=1&f=1012 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:01:00 EDT Universal Pictures is set to release Evan Almighty this weekend, a big-ticket comedy that is a contemporary version of Noah's Ark. Costing about $175 million to make, the movie uses many real animals. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35886 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11181132 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:00:00 EDT This Monday, high school students from around the country will sing on the stage of Carnegie Hall, as part of the National High School Choral Festival. We put the spotlight on one choir from Bentonville, Ark. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/32278 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8932670 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:53:00 EDT The school district in Little Rock, Ark., is no longer under federal supervision. Friday's decision came nearly 50 years after the governor called on the National Guard to stop black students from integrating Central High. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/31434 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7590403 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:14:00 EST The small town of Eureka Springs, Ark., has long been a haven for artists. Now one of those artists has given the town a new claim to fame: It has the largest wind chime as certified by the Guinness Book of Records. Reporter Jacqueline Froelich of member station KUAF reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/29772 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6861078 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:00:00 EST A bid by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton to purchase the 1875 Thomas Eakins painting "The Gross Clinic" is causing an outcry in Philadelphia, where many consider it part of the city's cultural landscape. Walton, ranked by Forbes as the world's ninth-richest person, is building a museum of American art in Bentonville, Ark. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/28640 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6626805 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:13:00 EST In September 1957, a high school in Little Rock, Ark., became a flashpoint in the fight for civil rights. A number of heroes emerged there -- not least the students themselves. But another figure, largely forgotten today, played a crucial role in the school's integration. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/28123 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6551052 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:28:00 EST Norway has launched a unique construction project on the remote Norwegian island of Svalbard, halfway between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole. It's an underground vault for agricultural seeds, a kind of Noah's Ark for millions of varieties of wheat, rice, and hundreds of other crops that farmers no longer plant in their fields. For a soft-spoken man from western Tennessee named Cary Fowler, it's the culmination of a lifelong -- and controversial -- campaign. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/20735 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5508781 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:47:00 EDT A tornado has destroyed nearly half the town of Marmaduke, Arkansas. Melissa Block talks with Chief Tommy Baker of the Rector, Ark., police. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17934 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5320433 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:00:00 EDT FEMA and Congress are trying to figure out what to do with more than 10,000 mobile homes hastily stockpiled in Hope, Ark., after Hurricane Katrina. Federal regulations forbid them from being placed in a floodplain, so few were ever sent to the Gulf Coast. A move is on to change the law. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5313004 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:45:49 EST The discovery of an ivory-billed woodpecker, which many had believed to be extinct, outside Brinkley, Ark., has brought profound changes to the town. With hundreds of birders and scientists passing through to catch a glimpse of the bird, locals are attempting to capitalize on the excitement. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/7631 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5069684 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST 'Hailing Cabs' November 6, 2005 · Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Lynda Unowsky from Hot Springs Village, Ark. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KUAR in Little Rock.) http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2955 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4991479 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Something good recently happened to the town of Brinkley, Ark. The ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in 1944, was rediscovered nearby. Independent radio producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister and singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens collaborate on a tribute to Brinkley and its rare bird. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/5719 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4721675 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT Steve Cohen talks about the show he co-created for the WB network, Jack & Bobby. The show portrays the childhood of a made-for-TV future president and his brother. Cohen, an ex-White House staffer, came up with the idea while traveling through Hope, Ark., with former President Bill Clinton. Hear Cohen and NPR's Renee Montagne. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/14529 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4106725 Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT