The best guess is that the 500,000th resident in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area arrived today.
Ozarks At Large
Those were the words of former Senator David Pryor last night during a lecture on dysfunction in Congress.A new report shows Arkansas house prices rose 1.6 percent, and ADEQ is hosting a meeting about new carbon standards existing power plants will have to meet.
The President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands visited Northwest Arkansas over the weekend, to join thousands of Ozark islanders in celebrating their nation’s 35th Constitution Day.
Jacqueline Froelich attended opening ceremonies Friday evening and brings us some sounds of the gathering.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses the primary election results and more in his weekly business and political news recap.Only five swimming beaches were closed throughout Arkansas during the Memorial Day weekend, as E. Coli hot spots haven't been as bad so far as in previous years. And, passage of a water projects bill in Congress may mean federal money for waterway infrastructure projects in Arkansas.
For a holiday edition of Ozarks at Large we hear highlights from a show at Fayetteville Public Library featuring songwriters Candy Lee, Shawn James and Barrett Baber.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the Springdale Chamber of Commerce announces a program to create new jobs. Also, a conversation with Johnathan Martin, national political correspondent for The New York Times.
Stephen Sondheim, Louis L'Amour and more in our history capsule for March 22.
Becca discusses today's events at Jones Center, Fayetteville and Rogers Public Libraries, etc.
"The Syncopated Clock" by Leroy Anderson
House Speaker Robert Moore discusses tax-cuts, and paying for state highways and roads with Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net.
Across the county this month undocumented immigrant youth are staging public “Coming out of the Shadows” rallies to proclaim their right to live openly and without fear. Jacqueline Froelich attended a forum held last week in Fayetteville.
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" by Houston Person and Ron Carter
Johann Sebastian Bach, Alcatraz prison and more in our history capsule for March 21.
