Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness Arkansas visits with Goodwill CEO Brian Itzkowitz to find how a new facility is helping to create jobs in Arkansas. Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness Arkansas visits with Goodwill CEO Brian Itzkowitz to find how a new facility is helping to create jobs in Arkansas. 
A remarkable canyon straddles the border of Arkansas and Missouri, northeast of Berryville. Once settled by scrappy farmers, the springs-drenched Dogwood Canyon has been conserved by a Missouri entrepreneur. Manager, Chad Phillips, says visitors are welcome year round. The president pro-tempore of the Arkansas Senate says he will assume the duties of presiding over the Senate this session in lieu of a Lieutenant Governor. Mark Pryor and supporters of Tom Cotton's run for the seat have both made significant TV advertising buys in the past few days. And one historic building in downtown Rogers will soon be getting a facelift thanks to a grant from Main Street Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how the Office of Human Concern is helping low-income residents stay warm this winter. Plus, a conversation with a cast member of I Love Lucy Live on Stage.
Bill Mendieta, who plays Ricardo Ricardo in “I Love Lucy Live on Stage” talks about the show, which is at Walton Arts Center this week.The sweet treats of Martin Greer's Candies near Gateway are the product of a father-son candy-making tradition that's been going on for nine decades.
The Lincoln Echo, published in Fort Smith, appears to be the end of a long tradition in black newspapering in Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich talks with Echo publisher, Napolean Black, as well as Executive VP Cecil Greene (pictured).Arkansas' U.S. Senators weigh in after the Farm Bill passed a Senate vote yesterday. Governor Mike Beebe says he is confident the state legislature will vote not to hold a special election to fill the recently vacated Lieutenant Governor's office. The special election in Benton County goes forward despite ice and snow. And the unemployment rate dropped during December for the northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith metro areas.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a walk around the trails at Lake Fayetteville will take you past acres of charred land. We learn about the benefits of prescribed burns such as these. Plus not one, but two area towns are in the running to take over the March Madness bracket of the Greatest Southern Town. And, we climb a tree to visit the serene world of a children's treehouse, and get ready for Spring Break with options for movie lovers.
Another earthquake that rattled Oklahoma last night felt by many in western and northwestern Arkansas, Election Day across Arkansas includes interesting decision for voters, tickets for Saturday’s football game between Arkansas and Tennessee sold out, and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Shake” by North Mississippi Allstars
Author Crescent Dragonwagon will be at the Fayetteville Public Library tonight and Dairy Hollow House in Eureka Springs Thursday. Also tonight -- a Boston Mountain Brassworks Concert at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus and Dr. Dog at George’s in Fayetteville.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
If you’re looking for a place to get away from it all, look no further. Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com has some suggestions.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was organized Friday afternoon for a new residential substance abuse treatment center.
