Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that a meeting will take place next week to best decide how to move forward on the water park project for Fort Smith and Sebastian County.
Ozarks At Large
The winter storm brings many weather related closings and cancelations, and even a disaster declaration from Governo Mike Beebe.
Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
With the impending weather, many of the week's events have made some changes in anticipation of cold temperatures and hazardous road conditions.
The Arkansas Red Cross has shelters and volunteers on standby if the impending winter weather turns severe. The Federal Reserve releases the latest Beige Book, which shows significant economic development in Arkansas and surrounding states. A recent move to add a rural ambulance fee to property tax rolls of Benton County's rural residents will be put up to a vote after a recent successful petition drive. And unemployment numbers for northwest Arkansas edged slightly downward in October, while the inverse is true for the Fort Smith metro area.
In its inaugural year, the ATC program can already see the effects it is having in rural and low income school districts in the state. We speak with a superintendent as well as two of the fellows. The new(ish) restaurant 28 Springs, in downtown Siloam Springs, uses a mix of food, atmosphere and science to explore culinary ingredients.
November revenue for the state came in both below forecast and below last November's revenue numbers. Meanwhile, October home sales were up across Arkansas. Fort Smith approves its budget for next year, and Fayetteville approves new regulations regarding required height and setbacks for new developments in the city.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: remembering the Ozark Folk Fair from forty years ago. The headliners included some of the top names in blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, but the event is all but forgotten now. Plus northwest Arkansas ranchers rally to help out farmers in South Dakota who lost cattle because of bad weather and local non-profits embrace Giving Tuesday.
Winter is coming, true…but we also have information about baseball and fishing.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, April 11, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the latest poll results on Arkansas elections, and we explore a new educational standard that aims to bring about a revolution in science education.
The Kansas City band Trampled Under Foot recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk with Paul Kelso, host of the Generic Blues Show. While they were here, they performed a couple of songs including Bob Dylan's “Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.”
In today's Segment A, we look at the Arkansas House's vote yesterday to override Governor Mike Beebe's veto of a controversial voter ID bill. The House also passed a resolution in support of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a resolution that sparked emotion from both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage. And the Razorback Baseball team continues its winning streak.
"Typhoid Mary" by Hollis Webb
Roby Brock talks with Grant Tennille with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission about the Big River Steel super project.
Thomas Hylton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has made smarter city planning his passion. He'll speak at the University of Arkansas April 4th about his book Save Our Land, Save Our Towns. We talked to him in advance of his visit.
"Forward Motion" by Mezzoforte
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Media says spring break is over and the entertainment opportunities abound.
