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Bentonville is no stranger to multi-million dollar investments, but a collection of investors and start-up companies is looking to diversify the region's output and capitalize on its unique position.
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In this edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, host Paul Gatling speaks with Lane Patterson, founding partner of Highway Ventures. The startup studio launches and grows advanced mobility companies using an innovative business model. That interview and headlines from across the region are in today's report.
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In the second installment of "Balance" Kyle and University of Arkansas professors Jamie Baum and Erin Howe discuss exercise, muscle-building and dietary supplements.
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Cureate Courses' graduates are local food entrepreneurs, wholesalers, restaurateurs, farmers and chefs. For months, the participants learned business and networking skills while still perfecting their food. This week, Allie Jones, owner of JAML Jams, Katie Helams, proprietor of Grow NWA, and Kim Bryden, the CEO of Cureate, joined Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams at the Carver Center for Public Radio.
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A statue of civil rights icon and Little Rock Nine mentor Daisy Bates was unveiled on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol's statuary hall. It replaces a likeness of prominent 1800s lawyer Uriah Rose, representing the State of Arkansas at the nation's capital. A ceremony at 2nd Baptist Church in Little Rock detailed Mrs. Bates’ legacy before the unveiling, which was live-streamed from Washington, D.C.
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The number of pregnant women getting vaccinated has declined in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Wanda Barfield directs the Division of Reproductive Health for the CDC in Atlanta and said the troubling trend can lead to serious health problems for women and infants.
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In this edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, Roby Brock speaks with Ritter Communications CEO Heath Simpson about the company's investments in rural connectivity, and host Paul Gatling discusses headlines from across the region.
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It’s no secret: Bentonville is continuing to grow and expand. Part of that growth and expansion is very visible right now, with construction being done on the Square, which will make one section of it only accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. All that, plus the award-winning farmer’s market and the monthly summer block parties, provide plenty of opportunities for connections. Ozarks at Large’s Mackyna Parsons takes us there.
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Circles NWA is celebrating the graduation of its second cohort of community members tonight at Genesis Church in Fayetteville. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams recently spoke with two of the driving forces behind the nonprofit, which is seeking solutions to poverty and a lack of affordable housing.
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A new center from UAMS is bringing the clinic to the community. OAL's DC attended the opening of the Institute for Community Health Innovation and brings this report.
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Northwest Arkansas Community College's trail technician program will begin this fall. The inaugural director of the trail technician program, Lori Greminger, will start in that role on Monday. She spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the program and its curriculum on the NWACC campus last week.
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A recent study from Heartland Forward explores the health challenges mothers in Arkansas and surrounding states face and the economic case for improving them.