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In this installment of What's in a Name, we look at the history of Benton, the county and the ville.
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The state legislature finished business before getting ready to adjourn this year's fiscal session, and Peco Foods announces expansion in Arkansas. Those stories and more in this morning's week in review.
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Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has a long list of St. Patrick's Day activities.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, April 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about traditional Native American ecological and cultural practices. Plus, we hear a roundtable discussion about recent political polling data for this year's statewide elections.
Well, maybe not lions and tigers, but the UA collection does have more than 250 river otters. They recently received a grant to rehouse their mammal collection. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas has more.
Becca Martin Brown says even though the BBBQ Rally has left, you can still get your ears filled with sound by making a short trip to see Nine Inch Nails in concert.
"How Many Times Must We Burn This Bridge" by Yuka Honda
In the next four months more than a dozen productions will be on stage in the region. The cast of The Clean House, which opens the University of Arkansas 2013-14 season, helps get us ready.
The Big River Steel superproject moves forward in northeast Arkansas, while Central Arkansas Water files intent to sue Exxon Mobile if the company decides to prematurely restart its Pegasus pipeline through Central Arkansas. And, the Beaver Watershed Alliance plans a series of community meetings in southern Washington County to give local stakeholders information regarding best operating practices to help improve water quality in the West Fork watershed of the White River. The schedule and more information for those meetings can be found in this flyer.
"Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen
In his weekly review of business and political news, Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas says that a recent release by the Federal Reserve shows that though the economic recovery isn't leaping forward in Arkansas, some sectors are showing brisk improvement.