
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.

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.



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.
Census figures released last week show Benton County is the fastest growing county in the state; Washington County came in fourth. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to Mike Harvey, the Chief Operating Officer at Northwest Arkansas Council, about the figures.
Becca Martin-Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has road-trip suggestions for the long weekend.
“Glass” by Joy Division
Northwest Arkansas ticks are out earlier this year than last because of warmer temperatures. Ozarks at Large's Jon Schleuss talks with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a local entomologist. What diseases do they spread? How to remove them? And what's the best defense?
Earlier this week, Dick Bennett, the founder of the Omni Center, and Emily Kaitz, a past participant in the event, visited KUAF to talk about this year’s tour.
More information is available at www.omnicenter.org.
Our history expert Dr. Bill Smith looks back at the contentious relationship the United States Supreme Court, the White House and Congress have shared in the past.