Mercy Health used an innovative walking program to become one of the healthiest workplaces in the country.
Ozarks At Large
A roundup of events and news for the next few weeks include an alternative way to deliver a Valentine.
Rural and urban public access trails are trending across America. And a new sector of professional trail building firms have emerged to meet demand. Jacqueline Froelich bundles up and goes cycling on a blustery afternoon in Bentonville, with the founder and foreman of Progressive Trail Design based in Fayetteville.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to Rex Nelson about what 2014 might bring for Arkansas politics.An administrative law judge with the Arkansas Public Service Commission on Friday ordered SWEPCO to proceed on its proposed plan to build a massive new power transmission line through portions of northwest Arkansas. Also, Governor Mike Beebe says that recent cost analyses of operating the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid justifies the program's passage during last year's session of the state legislature. And the state Attorney General's office warns residents about rapid-refund tax providers.
Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with young adult author An Na. Also, we learn what it takes to become a police officer.
We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak in Fayetteville later this month.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit the kitchen of Jen Lewis, take a spin in a state-run clinic that aids veterans in rural communities, and we meet a recovering opiate addict who has found hope with methadone.
This week on Ozarks at Large, we will have a series of stories that profiles entrepreneurs throughout the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas River Valley regions.
Today, we speak with Marcus Coker, the owner of Momentum Dance Concepts in Van Buren.
“Knock Me a Kiss” by Louis Jordan
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses what makes a movie or recording the “best.”
“The Godfather Theme” by Nino Rota
Tonight, Dickens Christmas Feast at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, the lighting ceremony of the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, a performance by the NWACC Jazz Band in Bentonville, and/or a “God Bless America” concert in Riordan Hall in Bella Vista will help you get into the holiday spirit.
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Green and Clean Committee has launched the Waste Referral Network to help area businesses save some money and reduce the amount of industrial waste in the landfill.
More information is available at www.fortsmithchamber.org/waste_referral
This week on Ozarks at Large, we will have a series of stories that profiles entrepreneurs throughout the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas River Valley regions.
We begin today with a young man who creates a specific type of skateboard.
To find out more about Lavish Longboards, visit www.lavishlongboards.com.
