On today's edition, we learn about counterfeit bills, and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame announces its newest inductees. Plus, an increase in Arkansas unemployment, the Walton Arts Center announces new shows, and we preview Film Score Friday.
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PJ Robowski, KUAF's music director, discusses music from the movie Pollock (a biography of abstract painter Jackson Pollock), which will be heard on tomorrow's Film Score Friday.
One of the most vocal supporters of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, Lt. Governor Bill Halter, talked with us on the one-year anniversary of the lottery's launch.
For the first time in recent memory, six, count 'em, six candidates have filed for the position of Mayor of Eureka Springs -- population 2,300. The winner will replace current Mayor Dani Joy, who is not seeking re-election because she wishes to devote herself full time to her family's restaurant business. Jacqueline Froelich sorts through the list of contenders.This month's First Friday in Bentonville embraces brats, polkas and the chicken dance. More information is available at www.downtownbentonville.org.
On this edition of Friday Ozarks at Large, we talk about the second opera in this season's John Harrison Opera Foundation series, get a preview of tomorrow's Eurekapalooza, and continue our series on great openings.
The inaugural music festival will benefit Clear Springs School. Stevie Tombstone is one of the scheduled performers and he spoke with Ozark at Large's Antoinette Grajeda earlier this week.
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Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
You've likely seen their wholesome breads and pastries on your neighborhood grocery store shelf as well as in your favorite restaurant's bread basket.
Ozark Natural Breads has operated in Northwest Arkansas for more than 23 years now. As part of our series, "The Process," Jacqueline Froelich takes us inside the family-owned business to get a taste of a production bakery.
Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the bakery, or to learn more about the family-owned and operated bakery visit ozarknaturalbreads.com
A new rain garden is the collaboration of city, business and non-profit. We find out how the demonstration rain garden in Rogers was created.
To learn more about rain gardens in general ,and this one in particular, click here for an extended version of this story.
For more information: www.irwp.org
Thousands of small non-profit organizations in Arkansas stand to lose their tax-exempt status due to a new IRS regulation. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, this summer the IRS is offering a "one-time special filing relief program."
To see the IRS list of at-risk tax-exempt groups, visit the IRS website here.
“El Tambor Del Monso” by Poncho Sanchez
It's great to have hometown pride, but it's even better when someone from outside your town recognizes its value. A local community has landed itself a top spot in a national ranking of the best places to live.
To see complete list of the 100 Best Places to Live, visit CNNMoney.com.
