Researchers with the Terrorism Research Center, housed in the University of Arkansas Department of Sociology and Criminology, were awarded a major National Institute of Justice grant to conduct the most comprehensive comparative examination of risk factors associated with radicalization to terrorism and domestic extremist crime to date. We talk with lead investigators, Jeff Gruenewald and Katie Ratlcliff, the center's director and associate director about the grant project and the center's mission.

In October, a team of students from the University of Arkansas claimed four of the top five spots in the regional soil judging competition hosted by Texas A&M. The team is coached by Dr. Kris Brye, a professor of applied soil physics, who says it's critical to understand the ground beneath your feet.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest campus in Fayetteville is now offering COVID-19 vaccines for kids age 5 to 11. The FDA approved the Pfizer pediatric vaccine earlier this month. The drive-thru clinic in Fayetteville is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

In 1979 a 32-year-old Bill Clinton began his first term as Arkansas Governor. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings us archives of that day.

On today's show, John Jeter led the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra for a new recording of Florence Price music. Plus, work to further diversify the work and staffs of Arkansas nonprofits, local redistricting in Sebastian County, and much more.

At the top of our final show of the week: the chief economist for the Arkansas Economic Development Institute says Arkansas fared well through the pandemic, UAMS chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson expects a jump in virus case numbers, and a freeze watch overnight across the region.

Local redistricting is supposed to be done by done by the election commission, but that might not be the case in Sebastian County. Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics talks about that and more with us today.

Plenty of options for weekend outings in northwest Arkansas, according to Becca Martin Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

John Jeter, musical director of the Fort Smith Symphony, is releasing a new CD featuring the work of legendary African-American composer and Arkansas native Florence Price. Symphony No.3 in C Minor was recorded with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.

You can call it a sequel, an homage, but we're not sure if it's a new Christmas classic film. Courtney Lanning, film critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, shares her thoughts on the new Disney+ original Home Sweet Home Alone.