Ahead on this edition of Ozarks. A Facebook-job-posting-a-day approach to getting people in the Fort Smith region who are looking for work. Work Fort Smith is taking a small, but consistent, path to connecting those seeking work to those seeking employees. We'll also review the past seven days in Arkansas politics and business with Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and two approaches to solar power…including area high school students taking to a swimming pool to test their solar-powered boats. And Meredith Martin Moats continues her series on books about Arkansas with a review of a study of the man who brought electricity to the state, Harvey Couch.
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The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses Florence & The Machine and Miranda Lambert’s new albums, upcoming movie releases, and other big entertainment news for the month of November.
“One” by U2
The first-ever local food guide for northwest Arkansas is now available. Kyle Kellams talks to two of the creators of the guide.
For more information, log on to www.nwalocalfoodguide.org.
We visit Joplin to find out how things are five months after the EF5 tornado. We found most of the community at dawn hanging out with the wild “Extreme Makeover Home” crew, revealing seven houses built in seven days--completed just in time for Halloween.
“Keep Breathing” by Ingrid Michaelson
Rural Community Alliance, a Fox, Arkansas-based grassroots non-profit organization that works toward revitalizing low-income rural communities in the state, received a $75,000 grant from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.
