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The Lemke Project, a student media training program through the University of Arkansas School of Journalism, began this past weekend and will continue every Saturday in February and March. Ozarks at Large’s Anna Pope met with some of her Report for America Service Project student-mentees from The Mountie Spectrum, Roger’s High School newspaper. Over the weekend, she sent in this audio postcard.

After Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders unveiled portions of her education reform plan called Arkansas LEARNS, state Rep. Denise Garner, D-Fayetteville, gives her initial reaction and explains the state Democrat’s RAISE bill, which would bump up teacher pay to $50,000 and establish a new $15 an hour minimum for school staff.

Alzheimer's Association advocates will be at the Arkansas Capitol in Little Rock tomorrow to encourage lawmakers to enact measures connected to dementia care, including the establishment of a state dementia coordinator. We talked with David Cook, the senior policy director of the Alzheimer's Association Arkansas Chapter, about the requests.

The Center for Multicultural & Diversity Education at the University of Arkansas will host Dallas Black Dance Theatre at Faulkner Performing Arts Center Thursday night. Also, a new exhibition of photography, "Better in Black," includes images of current UA students, faculty and staff. The opening reception for the exhibition is Feb.13, from 5-7 p.m.

Garfield Elementary is the longest continually operating elementary school in Arkansas, and the 2023-2024 school year is scheduled to be its final year. The Rogers Board of Education voted to close the school because of costs and enrollment numbers. Garfield is about 20 minutes northeast of Rogers which is expanding. Studies from Arkansas’ previous round of school consolidation show losing a school in a small town can decrease the population and property values.

About 100 years ago, an armed mob attacked striking union railroad workers in Harrison. Ku Klux Klan members, city government officials and local business interests supported the outbreak anti-union violence. Arkansas historian Kenneth Barnes assembled the history of the railroad strike and attack for a new book. Also, the historic Garfield Elementary School is scheduled to close after the 2023-2024 school year. Plus, the Dallas Black Dance Theatre will perform at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center Thursday night, and more.

The death toll of the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week from today is at least 35,000 and climbing. Thousands of buildings are reduced to rubble and thousands more people are left homeless. People, communities and organizations around the world are working to raise money, including the Bentonville Islamic Society and the Islamic Center of Northwest Arkansas.

There may be some sold-out shows in the region this weekend, but there is still plenty of live music to experience.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, examines colloquial units of time like Jiffy and Blue Moon.

Carter Malloy, founder and CEO of the Fayetteville technology company AcreTrader, speaks with the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal about his company's growth. Plus, the region's top business news.