A campaign advertisement begins airing on state TV, an effort gets underway to potentially raise the Arkansas minimum wage, and calls for a public official to resign were all stories we take a look at in this morning's Week in Review.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
Santa Fe-based trio The Room Outside stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to play a set and talk to Katy Henriksen prior to their November show at Maxine's Tap Room.The 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card collects all kinds of information to provide an overview of education in Benton and Washington counties.
Tyson Foods, headquartered in Springdale, announced on Thursday that it's issued a letter to all contract pork producers instructing them to adopt new animal welfare practices starting this year. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, discusses new unemployment numbers, changes at Walmart and more.
Fayetteville-based SFC Fluidics has received another round federal grant funding to help with research into diagnosing traumatic brain injury. Oaklawn gears up for the new horse-racing season, and they have a new app for that as well.
Ahead on Ozarks, critical blood supply levels have led to the issuance of a code red alert. Plus, Crowder College prepares to celebrate the grand opening of its newest location.
Later this month, the Literacy Council of Benton County will host its 7th annual Scrabble Wars fundraiser.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, February 28, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it has been 60 years since the largest-ever nuclear weapons test by the United States took place on the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll. Today, many Marshallese, including several northwest Arkansas residents, are marking the anniversary of the Castle Bravo Blast. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gets us ready for the weekend, Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us analyze the week's news, and more.
Local fine folk artist Linda Sheets is currently working on a book about rescued dogs, a project that hopes to raise funds to help rescue organizations around the country.
More information is available at www.scratchingthrough.blogspot.com and www.blue-eyedponystudio.com.
For a video tour of Sheets’ studio, click here.
You’ll need a kid to accompany you! Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us about a fun event coming up that lets children and their adults build a city from cardboard boxes. Also, the Artosphere Festival continues.
Arkansas receives a settlement from drug company; a team of students from University of Arkansas’ Walton College of Business receives awards for developing eco-friendly plastic bags; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“I’ll Fly Away” by Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The first seven students will graduate from the University of Arkansas’ Launch Program that brings young adults with developmental disabilities to campus for a three-year program.
Last month, a team of students from John Brown University in Siloam Springs were placed first in a disaster relief shelter design competition organized by JBU and World Vision, a world-wide Christian humanitarian organization.
