
Ozarks At Large


Republican gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson yesterday announced his plans to cut taxes for middle-income Arkansans, though some disagree about the potential budget impact the plan would have for the state. Fayetteville voters yesterday approved extending the current HMR tax to help fund development of a regional park and to help fund expansion of the Walton Arts Center, which still has quite a bit of fundraising left to do. Bentonville breaks ground on its community center, and two Springdale parks will soon have new bleachers for baseball and softball fields.



The Community Creative Center wants you to try your hand at creativity.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says fall is a prime time for visual arts in the region.
The northwest Arkansas version of a startup weekend means entrepreneurs of all kinds will gather together in Fayetteville beginning Friday night.

The city of Bentonville recently got a grant from the Endeavor Foundation for sidewalk construction in an area with sparse pedestrian infrastructure. Heifer International assesses damage to ongoing projects in the Philippines following the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This year has seen record corn yields for Arkansas farmers, but that's not necessarily all good news. Today is voting day in Fayetteville to extend a current hotel-motel-restaurant tax. And the UA Soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, January 24, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the initial payment to insurance carriers in relation to the state’s private option is in the mail today. And the band SX Rex will explain their name and play two songs inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio
Politics played a big part in many of this year's Emmy-award winning shows. Wayne Bell, Culture Club editor for the Fayetteville Flyer examines why politics can sometimes make for interesting TV fodder.
Fayettetville streets crews prepare for the thundering thousands expected in town this week, Governor Mike Beebe touts a new green jobs training initiative, and a new poll released by TalkBusiness.net and Hendrix college shows Mitt Romney leading over Obama in Arkansas.
"Guinea" by Tribecastan
Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net recently sat down with two senior members of the Arkansas Legislature, one Republican and one Democrat, to discuss possible election reform measures and other issues dominating the upcoming election.
"Goldberg Variations: Variation 2" by Dan Tepler
Becca Martin Brown tells us about a hip-hop show tonight at Rogue on Dickson.