Ozarks at Large

On today's show, our last new show of 2020, we speak with parents, teachers and therapists about the concerns they have for students during the pandemic. Plus, we look back at our Fayetteville Roots Festival archives series and look ahead for other ways to celebrate live music. And, we wrap up the show with another holiday recipe, this time a cranberry upside-down cake from Aria Kaga.

On today's show, we head to Fort Smith to check in with Michael Tilley of Talk Business and Politics , who says more than 50 percent of high school students in Fort Smith are failing one or more classes. Plus, we check in with renters advocates as the CDC moratorium on evictions is set to expire Dec. 31 and Congress is yet to pass a new stimulus package. Plus, we find out how houses of worship in the region are adapting to celebrating this season's holy days during a pandemic.

On today's show, we head over to the MayDay Community Kitchen where volunteers cook, package and deliver hundreds of meals to those in need. Plus, we check in with composer and installation artist Amos Cochran who has used this pandemic year to focus on projects that he had been putting on the back burner. And, in today's Sound Perimeter, Lia Uribe shares music created by University of Arkansas staff and students.

On today's show, we have the highlights from the governor's weekly coronavirus response briefing, which he held the day after the first shipment of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Arkansas. Plus, we head to Tulsa International Airport, which will be the first in the country to begin offering coronavirus PCR testing and results to ticketed passangers. And, we hear from a pulmonary critical care physician who was one of the first people in our region to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

On today's show, we get an update on the construction of a mixed income neighborhood in Fayetteville that aims to ease the need for more affordable housing in the region. Plus, we speak with two City Council candidates who won their runoff elections earlier this month and are expanding the diversity of leadership in Northwest Arkansas. And, we hear from a local psychiatrist who is using ketamine to help people with treatment-resistant depression.

On today's show, we hear about a new report that calls on policymakers to do more for families with children who continue to struggle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, we find out how supply chains are dealing with the added stress of holiday shipping on top of the influx of online orders during the health crisis. And, we take a trip down moulins on Greenland's Ice Sheet with a University of Arkansas geologist.

On today's show, we hear from Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley, who discusses healthcare worker deaths and the push to move truck traffic out of Fort Smith's downtown. Plus, we find out why the Benton County sheriff has scaled back the agency's participation in ICE's 287(g) program and the Preacher's Son bids farewell to its executive chef. And, throughout the hour, we announce the winners of the KUAF and Friends Holiday Giveaway.

On today's show, we hear from the governor, a mayor and a protester following yesterday's community meeting in Springdale regarding the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. Plus, we find out how a partnership between a local church and homeless center is ensuring people who are unsheltered can still access necessary services this winter. And, we get in the holiday spirit with a new edition of Sound Perimeter.

On today's show, we have highlights from Governor Asa Hutchinson's weekly coronavirus response briefing as he holds meetings with local leaders throughout the state over the next few days. Plus, we head to Springdale where the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be opening the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center this weekend. And, we hear from a George's poultry worker about why he and about two dozen others staged a protest outside one of the company's plants.

On today's show, we have part one of a two part interview with Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero about the COVID-19 vaccines that could be authorized for use before the end of the year. Plus, we speak with reporters from the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network about the doctors and nurses they've surveyed regarding the current spread of the virus across the state. And, we find out more about the $10 million endowment created for the Eureka Springs School of the Arts.