Minnesota-based Summit Brewing Company will introduce some of its craft beers to the state next week.Ozarks At Large
Minnesota-based Summit Brewing Company will introduce some of its craft beers to the state next week.Becca offers help for Valentine's Day outings with this list of regional visual arts and museum events.
Economist Kathy Deck says that the size of the area directly impacts both the actual and perceived growth in the northwest Arkansas economy.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette columnist John Brummett talks to Talk Business Arkansas' Roby Brock about the private option's chances for survival.Yesterday's release from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows broad-based job growth in northwest Arkansas, sales tax revenue went up for the big four cities of northwest Arkansas in November. NWACC decides to buy land from the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad. The education given by the U of A is again described as a good value by the Princeton Review. A teaching farm in Fayetteville gets a grant from Ozark Natural Foods. And Arkansas' newest state senator doubles down on not renewing the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: we find out, kind of, why Dr. Lonnie Smith is a “doctor.” The legendary jazz master of the Hammond organ will play in Fayetteville this weekend and he talks to Robert Ginsburg about his music and his career. And a survey to help gauge the direction for the city of Rogers as growth continues.
Dr. Lonnie Smith has accomplished just about everything one could in a musical career, except play in Arkansas. That will be rectified this weekend, when he performs at Walton Arts Center.
Hobbs State park has a lecture series about the Ozarks that stretches deep into 2014.
Residents who live and/or work in Rogers can contribute to a new plan for the area by filling out a survey at RogersLowellVision.com.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, March 14, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us a list of St. Patrick's Day events happening this weekend, and we have a preview of the William S. Paley Collection exhibit at Crystal Bridges. We also learn about the latest plans for the new high school in Bentonville.
The Arkansas Poll takes the temperature specifically of Arkansas residents about their opinions. The 2012 edition, released late last week, shows the state’s residents are most concerned about the economy…will vote heavily in favor of Mitt Romney over Barack Obama and may give the proposed sales tax to benefit highway projects an approval.
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers reminds us where we can catch some free flicks before 6 today.
"The Perfect Storm" by David Wilcox
Just in time for the holidays, a new northwest Arkansas-centric cookbook, created by the members of a Fayetteville church, delivers hundreds of recipes tested by the parishioners…and gives a snapshot of the region’s past and present at the same time.
"Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
The literary club began in 1912 and remains intact, though the year is 2012. The club celebrated its anniversary by visiting the graves of the four founding members, all of whom are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Fayetteville.
Richard White says a careful examination of our past can help us better understand the present.
