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Ozarks At Large
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Becca offers help for Valentine's Day outings with this list of regional visual arts and museum events.
Economist Kathy Deck says that the size of the area directly impacts both the actual and perceived growth in the northwest Arkansas economy.
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Yesterday's release from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows broad-based job growth in northwest Arkansas, sales tax revenue went up for the big four cities of northwest Arkansas in November. NWACC decides to buy land from the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad. The education given by the U of A is again described as a good value by the Princeton Review. A teaching farm in Fayetteville gets a grant from Ozark Natural Foods. And Arkansas' newest state senator doubles down on not renewing the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid.
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Hobbs State park has a lecture series about the Ozarks that stretches deep into 2014.
Residents who live and/or work in Rogers can contribute to a new plan for the area by filling out a survey at RogersLowellVision.com.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, March 14, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us a list of St. Patrick's Day events happening this weekend, and we have a preview of the William S. Paley Collection exhibit at Crystal Bridges. We also learn about the latest plans for the new high school in Bentonville.
We take a trip down the hall to the office our underwriting coordinator Rhonda Dillard's office to select the winner of our Wakarusa giveaway.
The Final Countdown by: Europe
Backroad Anthem, a Fayetteville-based country rock band, has had several accomplishments in its short history. Next month, they will perform at the inaugural Thunder on the Mountain, a country musical festival on Mulberry Mountain. To hear more from our conversation, click here.
Governor Beebe begins the search for a new treasurer, disaster relief efforts are well underway in Shawnee and Moore, Oklahoma, and more.
Bullets for Bafazne by: Johnny Clegg
As Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas learns, we may need more doctors when new healthcare laws begin to take effect next year.
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees is considering whether to opt out of a new law in Arkansas allowing faculty and staff to carry guns on campus.