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The Bentonville School District is hosting its second annual Educators’ Career Fair. The fair is Saturday, Feb.24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bentonville High School. Leslee Wright, communications director for the school district, says the concern with starting a new event is whether it will be well received or well attended.
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A new report commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation examines the state of career and technical education, or CTE, in northwest Arkansas. The results indicate the region could improve by aligning programs with industries likely to produce high-quality jobs.
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A plan from the U.S. Postal Service would downsize the Fayetteville processing and distribution center and move some services and at least 13 jobs to Oklahoma City.
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Today on The Outline: Tyson Foods announces facility closures after reporting a quarterly net-income loss. Also, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders names the next Chief Fiscal Officer and Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Plus, Arkansas soccer is in the top 10.
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Job discrepancies in rural and urban Arkansas spaces are highlighted in a May report through the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics. A $30 million movie studio project at Chaffee Crossing is placed on hold, and officials from the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education are looking for a company to investigate flooding at the FSPS Peak Innovation Center.
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The Fayetteville Fire Department now has an incentive plan offering benefits to encourage retention and higher education within the department. The Fayetteville City Council approved the resolution to develop a plan this past week. A couple of departments in Northwest Arkansas cities already had some form of incentive benefits.
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News today includes a slight reduction in joblessness in Arkansas, a new infectious disease dashboard from the Arkansas Department of Health and the end of the Arkansas Razorback women's basketball season.
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On today's show, drawings from children regarding their fears about deportation or being separated from their families are in the book, "Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance Among Immigrant Children." Plus, a Van Buren Tyson Plant closure impacts about 900 jobs, and a pilot training center will open in Fort Smith. Also, a spring break event schedule, couple movie reviews from Courtney Lanning, a critic from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, and more.
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Michael Tilley, executive partner Talk Business and Politics, unpacks a busy news week in the Arkansas River Valley. More than 900 jobs will be lost in Van Buren and Fort Smith will be home to a foreign military pilot training center.
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Bentonville Schools is hosting a recruitment fair at Bentonville High School on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The school district is looking educators, school nurses, bus drivers and more.