Ozarks at Large

On today’s show, a community rallies to try to keep a park, a park. Plus, we hear how the Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas has launched an effort to keep children fed through the summer. And, we learn about how the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History keeps making Arkansas’ past available.

On today’s show, a growing number of private off-road dirt-racing parks are raising dust in Arkansas, but others are raising concerns about environmental impacts and noise. Plus, growth in Northwest Arkansas means new a zip code for Bentonville. We also speak with the Arkansas director of American Atheists and talk doughnuts with our Militant Grammarian.

For a holiday Monday, we talk with three writers about their new non-fiction books. Rachel Slade is the author of Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of the El Faro . Scott Freeman wrote Saving Tarboo Creek: One Family's Quest to Heal the Land and Howard J. Ross wrote Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart .

On today’s show, we hear concerns over how neighborhoods are evolving in northwest Arkansas. And we hear about the landscapes, and other works, of Georgia O’Keeffe and contemporary artists alike. And although he’s moved to Portland, Arkansas native Jonathan Trawick keeps the musical landscapes of the Ozarks close.

On today’s show, we hear about the continuing conflict over how to pay for an old landfill. Plus, we investigate a way to repurpose a building that has aged. A nd, we also have analysis of new voting results following yesterday’s primary and a survey of live music available this holiday weekend.

On today’s show, Alma kickstarts conversations about the future. Also, young engineers start their robots for an international competition at the University of Arkansas. And, art that started here may soon be seen by the entire country on HBO.

On today’s show, we learn about a new organization Investigating ways to help first responders deal with depression, PTSD and anxiety. Plus, just one nursery in remote Madison County is licensed to grow wild ginseng, and we pay a visit. And, we hear how Community Creative Center’s new mobile pottery studio will give more northwest Arkansas residents access to the arts.

On today’s show, the U.S. Supreme Court is opening the door for legalized sports betting beyond Vegas, but how will Arkansas respond? Plus we hear about development of a new park in Siloam Springs. And Iowa-based songwriter Angela Meyer joins us in the studio to talk about her brand of country music.

On today’s show, we learn about new genetic research into chronic wasting disease in Arkansas deer. Plus, we find out more about opponents to a large wind farm in Oklahoma, and our Militant Grammarian laments diminishing numbers of fellow grammarians.

On today’s show, we hear how eight decades ago today, the promise of electricity in parts of the rural Ozarks began to come true. Plus a new play-in-progress goes mobile. And chalk art in Eureka Springs leaves elaborate works that are here until that next thunderstorm.