Ozarks at Large

On today’s show, all that pasta in Tontitown has to be made ahead of time, and we learn how one of the biggest parts of one of the oldest traditions in northwest Arkansas is created. Plus, we hear about the state of Arkansas rice and China. And a new initiative tries to reduce gun violence here.

On today’s show, a 12-hundred mile journey for a century-old telescope that ends in Bentonville. Plus, a musical journey across decades that will end, and begin again, in Fort Smith. And, SWEPCO is asking for wind power to travel across much of Oklahoma.

On today’s show, one Fayetteville man’s passion for birds is captured in a new documentary. Plus, Michael Tilley helps us understand the week’s news, Becca Martin Brown brings us a list of the weekend’s entertainment options and Joey Farr brings us music in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.

On today’s show, the little food pantry may get a little bigger. Plus, a look at women in the Klan in Arkansas. The little-known history of women in the White Nationalist movement in Arkansas. And how am odd gig turned into a band name; we hear from Aisle 24

On today’s show, a call for a new jail in Franklin County. Plus, Johnson County looks to the sun for a new energy project. And we learn about an event next week designed to encourage people to run for office.

On today’s Ozarks, for a growing Marshallese population in northwest Arkansas, a physician who speaks their language. Plus, an intensive formula for exposure to a different culture; a foreign exchange program puts students from Muslim families abroad with American families. And considering what to do with an aging dam in Bentonville.

On today’s show, a big decision for a small dam in Benton County. Plus, Pete Seeger’s life as a musician, environmentalist and social activist is explored in a special exhibit at Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center; and Gerald Sloan’s memoir in verse.

On today’s show, as the younger workforce numbers continue to grow in northwest Arkansas, young professionals are reaching out to each other. Plus, an Arkansas-based study on fracking. And from Austin, Texas...the band Knife in the Water plays in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.

On today’s show...how Facebook is making global medicine better. An Arkansas-based pathologist has created a world-wide effort to bring better medical information to people. Plus Arkansas’ second-leading industry rolls along; we hear a conversation with Kane Webb, the director of the state’s parks and tourism department. And, how an old movie spurred Slaid Cleaves to write a new song.

On today’s show, what’s next for Arkansas...and the country...for health care? Plus new research shows exercise may prevent insulin resistance. And, the Militant Grammarian delivers a spelling test.