
Ozarks At Large

The Fort Smith office of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission is slated for closure sometime in the next year. Entergy has announced plans to lay off hundreds of workers across the country, and some of those layoffs will occur at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. State economic development officials meet with representatives of the Quapaw Tribe regarding archaeological artifacts at the site of the Big River Steel construction site in Osceola.


A sizable grant from the Walmart Foundation will help the NWA Children's Shelter continue to provide essential services for the area's children. The Benton County assessor's and collector's office in Gravette will soon move. The City of Fayetteville installs a charging station for electric vehicles, only the fifth in NWA. And a religious scholar weighs in on Pope Francis's recent comments in Brazil regarding homosexuals.




Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us all the details on Trout Fishing in America's newest CD.
In today's week in review, Timothy Dennis looks at the past week's headlines involving money, from federal grants for XNA to tax-free reparations to Mayflower residents from ExxonMobil.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, April 25, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the band Elephant Revival stopped by the Frimin-Garner Performance Studio this month to talk about their instruments, their music and their social causes, and to play some music before their concert at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The University of Arkansas production of Moises Kaufman’s play, 33 Variations, is a highlight in a month of area theater that includes romance, Shakespeare and a dreadful movie that will be much better on a local stage…trust us.
The plays mentioned include:
33 Variations, University of Arkansas Theater
Plan 9 From Outer Space,
Later Life, Arts Center of the Ozarks
As You Like It, Northwest Arkansas Community College Theater Department
Prison Stories at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
The city of Rogers moves closer to turning dirt on a couple of streets improvement projects, and the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank gets some help in feeding the area's hungry.
“Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
We spend some time at an Arkansas Gryphons practice to catch up with the men's rugby club as they continue their season.
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers says we can research our Native American roots, attend a book signing and more today.
Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness.net gives us an update on the latest business and political news in the state.