Minnesota-based Summit Brewing Company will introduce some of its craft beers to the state next week.
Ozarks At Large
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.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette columnist John Brummett talks to Talk Business Arkansas' Roby Brock about the private option's chances for survival.
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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: we find out, kind of, why Dr. Lonnie Smith is a “doctor.” The legendary jazz master of the Hammond organ will play in Fayetteville this weekend and he talks to Robert Ginsburg about his music and his career. And a survey to help gauge the direction for the city of Rogers as growth continues.
Dr. Lonnie Smith has accomplished just about everything one could in a musical career, except play in Arkansas. That will be rectified this weekend, when he performs at Walton Arts Center.
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.
Well, maybe not lions and tigers, but the UA collection does have more than 250 river otters. They recently received a grant to rehouse their mammal collection. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas has more.
Becca Martin Brown says even though the BBBQ Rally has left, you can still get your ears filled with sound by making a short trip to see Nine Inch Nails in concert.
"How Many Times Must We Burn This Bridge" by Yuka Honda
In the next four months more than a dozen productions will be on stage in the region. The cast of The Clean House, which opens the University of Arkansas 2013-14 season, helps get us ready.
The Big River Steel superproject moves forward in northeast Arkansas, while Central Arkansas Water files intent to sue Exxon Mobile if the company decides to prematurely restart its Pegasus pipeline through Central Arkansas. And, the Beaver Watershed Alliance plans a series of community meetings in southern Washington County to give local stakeholders information regarding best operating practices to help improve water quality in the West Fork watershed of the White River. The schedule and more information for those meetings can be found in this flyer.
"Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen
In his weekly review of business and political news, Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas says that a recent release by the Federal Reserve shows that though the economic recovery isn't leaping forward in Arkansas, some sectors are showing brisk improvement.