Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, an update on bringing the play "B-Side: Myself" to stage, and a look at how one local farm is training veterans to become farmers themselves. Plus, we talk bitcoins with our tech ambassador, and we celebrate the beginning of summer.
Ozarks At Large
In the final part of our series on the Arkansas Research & Technology Park, we take a look at some of the resources based in the park's Innovation Center, and a look at how the entrepreneurial climate is changing in northwest Arkansas.
The road to capitalizing on research and development can be a long one. It can take years before a technology startup actually turns research into a physical product. In the second part of our series on the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, we take a look at a pair of companies turning research into revenue:
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks . . . a survey of Arkansas politics with Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and political bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert. Plus, our tech ambassador Tyrel Dennison on just what bitcoin means for the digital industry.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses Arkansas politics with bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert.
The state Department of Corrections is looking for a vendor for pharmaceuticals used in lethal injections. Several hundred-thousand-dollars will be given out in reparations to victims of crimes during the month of May. The Bentonville School District continues its push toward a millage election in September, and the city of Fayetteville considers an ordinance that would place restrictions on door-to-door solicitation.
The local band East of Zion will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library, which is located on the corner of School Ave. and Mountain St.
Matt Mooney, the author of “A Story Unfinished: 99 Days with Eliot” and founder of 99 Balloons will have a book launch party and fundraiser at 7 p.m. tomorrow at The Rock House, which is located at 310 Arkansas Ave. in Fayetteville.
Eagle's Nest Paranormal is looking for a new member and you get be it! Becca Martin Brown has more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an update on HIV services in northwest Arkansas, and a review of the latest release by St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
A new policy in Arkansas will let some children stay with parents or guardians after infractions seen by some as minor cases of neglect. The city of Bella Vista is one step closer to possessing land of its own. And a new building will open next week on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.
"Arkansas" by Pokey LeFarge
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, gives us details on the latest financial numbers for the area and discusses the latest on the people seeking the Governor’s office in 2014
The state’s largest business and Governor Beebe agree on a plan they say will lower health costs for many in the state.
Voters in the Bentonville School District will likely have another option for creating a second high school. After the defeat last year of a millage proposal to fund such a project, the school district conducted a survey of those who voted in the last election to understand what did and did not sit well with the last plan.
"Copycat" by The Cranberries
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers reveals a list, a long list, of the chances we all have to see art in the region this month.
"Buzzin' 1963" by Slim Harpo