
Ozarks At Large


Republican gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson yesterday announced his plans to cut taxes for middle-income Arkansans, though some disagree about the potential budget impact the plan would have for the state. Fayetteville voters yesterday approved extending the current HMR tax to help fund development of a regional park and to help fund expansion of the Walton Arts Center, which still has quite a bit of fundraising left to do. Bentonville breaks ground on its community center, and two Springdale parks will soon have new bleachers for baseball and softball fields.



The Community Creative Center wants you to try your hand at creativity.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says fall is a prime time for visual arts in the region.
The northwest Arkansas version of a startup weekend means entrepreneurs of all kinds will gather together in Fayetteville beginning Friday night.

The city of Bentonville recently got a grant from the Endeavor Foundation for sidewalk construction in an area with sparse pedestrian infrastructure. Heifer International assesses damage to ongoing projects in the Philippines following the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This year has seen record corn yields for Arkansas farmers, but that's not necessarily all good news. Today is voting day in Fayetteville to extend a current hotel-motel-restaurant tax. And the UA Soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, January 24, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the initial payment to insurance carriers in relation to the state’s private option is in the mail today. And the band SX Rex will explain their name and play two songs inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio
Roby Brock discusses a new shopping center in Conway, Walmart splitting with a company in India and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
Unearthing your family history can start with a visit to your local library. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, libraries can contain extensive genealogical collections, provide patrons free access to sites such as ancestry.com, and even have staff genealogists on hand to assist. To learn more visit the Arkansas Genealogical Society at agsgenealogy.org.
"Paranoia in B Major" by The Avett Brothers
Becca discusses the trend of concerts being included in the admission to fairs like the Arkansas State Fair.
Today, Razorback sporting events can be heard on dozens of radio stations across the state and seen anywhere in the world through the Internet. But as Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of "Voices of the Razorbacks" puts it, it took decades for the Razorback Sports Network to develop into hat it is today.
"Sunset" by The xx
We go back to the outdoors-related stories from the past seven days in this morning's weekly review.