A fire broke out and was quickly contained yesterday in a non-nuclear section of Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. Greenwood is holding a special election today for a sales tax that would help the city provide more space for its police department. Wlamart announces the next CEO of its international division. And Bank of the Ozarks announces plans to merge with a Texas-based banking operation.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses an effort to expand broadband in Arkansas public schools and more in his weekly business news recap.
Electric distribution wires and poles are vulnerable to failure from severe ice and wind storms, as witnessed here in Arkansas on many occasions. So is it time to go underground? Jacqueline Froelich talks with Frank Burggraf who delivers the case for “undergrounding.”Springdale street crews battle ice on streets that refreezes overnight, while the National Weather Service predicts warmer weather for the rest of the week. Nabholz Construction reorganizes its corporate leadership, and the Razorback volleyball team ends its season in the first round of NCAA tournament play.
Becca tells us that even though some events have been postponed because of the ice and snow, there are still some certainties ahead on the events calendar.
The new(ish) restaurant 28 Springs, in downtown Siloam Springs, uses a mix of food, atmosphere and science to explore culinary ingredients.
Four years after Woodstock, a circle of friends living in Eureka Springs decide to stage an Ozark heritage family folk festival on a remote and rugged Carroll County wilderness. But instead of parents with children, an estimated hundred fifty thousand hippies showed up. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to visit the site, on the fortieth anniversary. (Photo: April and Dustin Griffith, landholders, hold up an artifact found on a festival campsite.)
Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that a meeting will take place next week to best decide how to move forward on the water park project for Fort Smith and Sebastian County.
The winter storm brings many weather related closings and cancelations, and even a disaster declaration from Governo Mike Beebe.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Mexico's history is long, rich and often misunderstood. We talk with a historian who has written eleven books on the subject. Plus, a conversation with a gubernatorial candidate who cites his business background as sufficient experience to serve in higher office in the state. And, a preview of the inaugural Homegrown Festival, debuting next week in Siloam Springs
Members of Arkansas' congressional delegation are commenting on the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death and Walmart is donating $1 million in cash and in-kind donations to help with relief efforts in 14 southern states.
Becca tells us about tonight's fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.
The second annual event will help fund education programs of the Peel Compton Foundation.
Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell discusses the theatre program at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Academy of the Arts.
The Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter celebrated the grand opening of its new complex with a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday afternoon.
