Fifteen fledgling companies each had a chance yesterday to explain their ventures to a room full of potential investors at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville.
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Fifteen fledgling companies each had a chance yesterday to explain their ventures to a room full of potential investors at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville.
Click here for more information about the ARK Challenge.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a conversation about Arkansas' economic future, and we meet comic Robert Kelly. He performs this evening and tomorrow evening at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville.Some Benton County voters saw delays at the polls Tuesday after the county ran out of ballots. Also, Governor Mike Beebe reacts to the GOP takeover of the state legislature; and supporters of medical marijuana plan for the future. Plus, the United Way in Fort Smith prepares for a youth day of service this weekend.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, election 2012 results and we talk to Roby Brock about what last night’s results mean as we approach the next session of the Arkansas Legislature in early 2013.
It’s not all elections today. We take time out for another musical performance from inside our studio. Dr. Park visits the Firmin-Garner Studio and performs live accompanied by Prof. Skirmante Kezyte on the piano.
Web Exclusive: Extended Conversation With Dr. Moon-Sook ParkThe 2012 ballots have been counted (mostly) and we have some of the more high-profile results.
On this edition of Ozarks: two high-profile political operatives talk to Roby Brock about what they expect to happen as the ballots are counted tonight. Plus an old-school arcade prepares to welcome asteroids-fighters and Pac-people this week in Fayetteville.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we take a look at a remote area of Madison County that was once inhabited by Ozarks African American settlers and their descendants. And we head to the set of Gordon Family Tree, a movie that was recently being filmed in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, the latest installment of Arkansongs, Roby Brock brings us the latest business and political news from around the state, and more.
In Madison County there’s a place called “Negro Mountain.” No blacks live there now, but it was, in the 1860s, settled by Ozark African Americans. All of them and their descendants are gone now—except for one individual. We take you to meet the last living African American resident of Madison County.Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks: more and more classrooms in Arkansas are becoming single-gender classrooms, but does splitting up little boys and little girls have an affect on students learning? And we speak with the Boys and Girls Club of America's "National Youth of the Year," who just happens to be a freshman at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, February 24, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the types of food establishments--restaurants, convenience stores, grocers, fast food businesses--that surround a school have an impact on childhood obesity. We speak to two U of A System Division of Agriculture researchers who make that claim. Plus, Habitat for Humanity Washington County completes its 50th home, Roby Brock has his Talk Business Arkansas update, Becca Martin Brown tells us What's Up, and more.
The city council will consider buying just more than four acres for the city's fourth fire station. Plus, the Private Option compromises were discussed at the Political Animals Club in Little Rock.
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Open enrollment for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act ends March 31st. And if you don’t have minimal essential coverage of any kind, you will be penalized. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, how much depends on your income level.
Meanwhile, a push to raise the Arkansas minimum wage, and a separate effort to increase workforce programs get underway in the state. Roby Brock has that story and more in his weekly update.
The Arkansas Agriculture Department has recently revamped its program that connects local farmers to interested consumers, including an upcoming App.
Louis Jordan is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Still, many Arkansans might not know about their native son. Stephen Koch, the host of Arkansongs, has written a new book about him.
