In its continuing quest to reinforce the Arkansas grid, Southwestern Electric Power Company seeks to construct massive new interstate transmission facilities across northern Benton and Carroll Counties. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, opposition from landholders, legislators and lawyers has not abated. (Photo courtesy Save the Ozarks)
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Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas recently spent time on the campaign trail with GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson.
The Fayetteville city council tackles several long-standing issues, and the state legislature gets ready to wrap up with a potential last item of business for the year.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how education and employment are more connected than ever in Arkansas. We have a report on yesterday's Career and Technology Education summit in northwest Arkansas. Plus, our technology ambassador Tyrel Denison breaks down some of the new technology that was on display at South-by-Southwest. And, a new report looks at children's healthcare issues in Arkansas.
Twitter was first spring upon the public at South By Southwest, the Austin festival of music and tech. Our tech ambassador, Tyrel Denison, examines some of the apps making their debut at this year's festival.
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says free talks this week will cover Ozark living, the Spiro Mounds and give you a chance to hear Newbery-Medal winning author Christopher Paul Curtis.
Members of industry, government and education gathered yesterday for a career and technical education Summit in northwest Arkansas. The goal of the event was to determine how to meet the needs of the area's growing economy.
Music, cell phones and fishing are all being used to help raise money, food and awareness for area nonprofits.
The 2014 Natural Wonders: The State of Children's Health in Arkansas report examines a number of children's healthcare issues like oral care and immunizations.
American public colleges and universities seek to contain wage and benefit costs by hiring contingent faculty—those without permanent status. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, such faculty on certain campuses face an "ivory ceiling."
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Mercy Hospital continues its commitment to sustainability with a new recycling program. Also a conversation with the author of “Sharecropper's Troubadour.”
Just in time for Halloween, youth theater company Arts Live presents A Zombie High School Homecoming. It is the company's first original production to be written by one of the students and begins Halloween evening and runs through Sunday November 3.
Sanford Levinson recently spoke on the University of Arkansas campus and during his visit came to KUAF.
"Curly Headed Baby" by Doc Watson
The Arkansas Legislature came to a consensus in Little Rock about how to prevent insurance rates from rising drastically for some Arkansas public school employees. The state health department sets up mass flu clinics in every county across the state. And following the federal government's reopening, new jobless numbers for August are reported.
"Electric Feel" by MGMT
Deborah Rogers, a former Wall Street financial consultant, is founder and executive director of Energy Policy Forum. She spent several days in Fayetteville, speaking to civic and interest groups. Her trip was sponsored in part by the Washington County League of Women Voters and Sierra Club.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas gives us the details on the national stories, trucking and banking news in the Natural State, and other business and political headlines from the past seven days.