Ozarks at Large

On today's program, we learn about the changing identity of Bella Vista, and how city officials and residents would like to see the city transform in the future. Plus, we get a tour of a new experimental community center that has opened up in downtown Rogers.

On today's show, we hear highlights from hour two of our live broadcast during the 2017 Fayetteville Roots Festival. We hear performances from the Brother Brothers, Matt the Electrician, and Shawn James, we talk cider with Leo Orpin of Black Apple Crossing, and more.

On this hour, recorded live at the Fayetteville Public Library during the 2017 Fayetteville Roots Festival, we hear from the Wood Brothers, The Honey Dewdrops, Joe Purdy and more.

On today’s show, one big donation turns the University of Arkansas Department of Art into the School of Art. And this weekend, a state checkers champion will be crowned.

Four international and two local artists are taking part in the Green Candy mural event in Fayetteville. On today's program, we learn how the event aims to generate discussion regarding waste and sustainability through use of interactive and participatory art. Also, we learn about the history of the confederate statue on the Bentonville square and more

On today’s show, researchers from around the country, including at the University of Arkansas, are studying how climate change is affecting fruits and vegetables. Plus, the eclipse partially passes over Arkansas. And, the Militant Grammarian pleads that we not use modifiers partially, but correctly.

On today’s show, starting a new college academic year with a renewed commitment to mental health. Plus, Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics on the blossoming of two downtowns, Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on what could be northwest Arkansas’ most singular tradition, and we learn more about a musical part of the American landscape and its Arkansas origins.

We get answers to some last-minute eclipse questions, we hear how Mercy Hospital in Fort smith is welcoming live music into its lobby, and we welcome Trouble on the Streets to the show to bring some music to our studio.

On today's show, one of the grandest movie theaters in Northwest Arkansas in the 1950s and 60s reopens after years of renovations, the City of Rogers proposes annexing nearly 4,000 acres of unicorporated land, and Ken Burns asks Arkansas Vietnam War veterans to tell their stories.

On today's show, local sheriffs hear from the community about their decision to participate in the 287(g) program that allows deputies to get involved in immigration enforcement. Plus, the staff at the Buffalo National River puts together a song parody to encourage visitors to come see the solar eclipse at the park and Farmington students start the year at a new high school.