On today's show an update on the Clean Line Energy Partners project, the history of beer in Arkansas, a new brewery in Fort Smith, a preview of live music this weekend and a conversation with Joe Ely before his show at Walton Arts center.

On today’s show, a conversation about considering our homes as we get older. Plus,we hear why a new design for homes is becoming familiar in our region. And, John Brummett tries to parse what's next for Arkansas’ approach to health care.

On today’s show, making sure young people in detention centers in Arkansas have access to education. Plus, a playwright uses access to details about Nina Simone to create the world premiere play The Champion. And, we’ll have access to a preview of the annual craft fairs approaching with Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

On today's show, the group Sugar on the Floor joins us in the studio to talk about their love of music from different decades, and they sing a couple of selections for us. Also, Senator Tom Cotton talks to Roby Brock about a few items facing elected leaders in Washington in the last few months of 2017.

On today’s show, we hear about recent roadblocks for DACA nursing students in Arkansas. Plus, we learn about a record-breaking year for water consumption in northwest Arkansas. And, in the latest edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, we hear how art may be great for business.

On today’s show, Canopy Northwest Arkansas celebrates its first year of relocating refugees to the region. Plus, we hear why the fate of general improvement funds in Arkansas remains uncertain after years of existence in the state. And you may go years without hearing the uncommon words our Militant Grammarian brings to the show this week.

On today’s show, we hear about a new shelter to help people living without permanent shelter in Fort Smith. Plus, grocers are responding to consumers' desires to know more about where their food is coming from. And we visit a new, veteran-owned coffee shop is open in Fayetteville with an unusual name: Doomsday.

On today’s show, The Momentary won’t open for some time...but the director is here now, and we have a conversation about the new venue at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Plus, we discuss the timing challenges of matching live music with the demands of a film, and we hear music that spans decades but still gets dancers on the floor.

On today’s show, a new wind farm under construction in western Oklahoma will deliver electricity to people in four states, including Arkansas; we get details on the new Wind Catcher Energy project. Plus, we learn about the world of outsider art, and we get ready for the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit.

On today’s show, we get a report on the state of the region's economy. Plus John Brummett offers his thoughts on guns and violence. And, we hear how an increasing number of Arkansas high schools are offering dance programs.