Ahead on Ozarks: we finish our series on the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, and Christina Thomas goes to the farm to find out more about a project connecting U.S. vets to agriculture.Plus, Becca Martin Brown will give us a guide to a low cost weekend of entertainment, and Michael Tilley talks to Kyle about the latest economic numbers for Arkansas and a very odd form of tourism developing to our immediate west.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks: we finish our series on the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, and Christina Thomas goes to the farm to find out more about a project connecting U.S. vets to agriculture.Plus, Becca Martin Brown will give us a guide to a low cost weekend of entertainment, and Michael Tilley talks to Kyle about the latest economic numbers for Arkansas and a very odd form of tourism developing to our immediate west.The band 1 Oz. Jig brings their guitar, bass, trombone, trumpet and drum sticks to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
In the final part of our series on the Arkansas Research & Technology Park, we take a look at some of the resources based in the park's Innovation Center, and a look at how the entrepreneurial climate is changing in northwest Arkansas.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us a plan for an extensive, but cheap, weekend of entertainment.
The annual Armed to Farm program in Northwest Arkansas is a collaboration that aims to arm veterans with pitch forks and knowledge in an effort to help them recover from active duty and prepare them for a career in small farming. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with a few of the key players and some veterans.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the latest unemployment numbers for the region and the odd industry of tornado-chasing tourism.Hudson Hallum was sentenced for election fraud yesterday. And, the Bentonville School District works to correct an issue of too many students in classes.
On this edition of Ozarks we'll talk to six of the more than 80 musicians who participate in the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. This month, for the third consecutive year, the orchestra is formed in mere days to present concerts all over northwest Arkansas. We also continue our series on what happens at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, and we find out what happens at the Office of Innovation.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks: Governor Mike Beebe, Walmart and Redman and Associates come together to announce new jobs headed to northwest Arkansas. And John Brown University in Siloam Springs continues to move ahead with the establishment of a nursing program after the announcement of a six-million dollar gift. We'll also find out why glue has an important role in the latest exhibit at the Fayetteville Underground and get an idea of the deep connection between a church and the city of Bentonville.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission reports the second straight year of declining revenue for the state's scholarship lottery. Rogers Public Schools officials remove a rule that implied a requirement for end of semester exams. And two Arkansas attorneys file a motion in federal court for a summary judgement in regards to the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
"How We Be" by Sinkane
A University of Arkansas research team surveyed hundreds of Northwest Arkansas political and business leaders on state energy policy issues. The study stems from a surge of interest in the local electrical grid over the past year, due to controversy over a proposed 60-mile long interstate power transmission line that would cut a wide swath through north Benton and Carroll Counties.
The Fayetteville Public Schools’ Bookmobile is making an impact, through books, on young members of the community in an effort to combat summer learning loss. Catch up with them Monday, July 21 and again July 28 at the following locations:
9:30- Red Oak Park (Carlsbad/Boxley/Bridgeport Subdivision area off Wedington)
10:15- The Links at Wedington (at the roundabout in the middle of the complex)
11:00- Woodway Apartments (by the complex pool)
11:45- Crofton Manor off Mt. Comfort (on Hatterly Street)
12:10- Washington Plaza Apartments (Under a grove of trees towards the back entrance of the complex)
"Books From Boxes" by Maximo Park
The Sons of Brasil will deliver the second installment in this year's KUAF Summer Jazz Series, this weekend at 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville. We hear from trumpeter and founder of the group Stan Kessler.
A few things to do this weekend, and if those aren’t enough, enter to win a selection of tickets.
