Ozarks at Large

On today’s show, the medical landscape blossoms in Rogers and Fort Smith; Mercy Health Systems continues an expansion plan, and the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education grows...and then some. Plus, Ladies Night is a new musical duo with very familiar voices; Dana Louise and Meredith Kimbrough perform for us.

On today’s show, many Arkansas colleges are just two months away from having to allow concealed guns on campus, and we hear how NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville is preparing for a change. Plus, Walmart is always looking to change up what’s on its shelves; we have a report from yesterday’s open call with the world’s largest retailer. And, there is a change in the heart of downtown Van Buren.

On today's program, we learn about Arkansas' reputation as a state with poor conditions when it comes to commercial puppy breeding operations. We speak with a Humane Society puppy mill expert, and we speak with the Animal League of Washington County, which rescues and finds homes for neglected and abused animals. Also, we take a tour of the First Ladies' Garden at the Clinton House Museum and more.

On today’s show, reaction to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling supporting same-sex parents and birth certificates. Plus, some new, big, colorful works of art are getting some reaction; we talk to artists behind the new murals in area downtowns . And, we find out how one of the oldest houses in Van Buren is getting some tender loving care

On today’s show, bringing stories to children during the summer: the Pea Ridge Book Bus makes sure reading doesn’t go away during the summer. Plus, stories collected of Arkansas’ history will have a new home. This morning, the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History announced this morning it is again part of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. And TheatreSquared can’t wait to tell stories in its new, now-under-construction theater:

On today’s show, a monumental groundbreaking in downtown Fayetteville for TheatreSquared. Plus, Caleb Ryan Martin brings his music to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, and we’ll talk with Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics about the still surging home buyers market in northwest Arkansas and big plans for downtown Fort Smith.

On today’s show, as the languages spoken in northwest Arkansas increase, a class aims to help more people speak and understand one of those languages. Plus in Rogers, an army of volunteers readies for the LPGA tournament, and Last Saturday brings the variety...and then some...every last Saturday.

On today’s show: trying to understand what any change in policy toward Cuba might mean for Arkansas agriculture. Plus, the city of Springdale asks residents for guidance for future plans when it comes to spaces. And we have live music suggestions for almost every night for the next seven nights.

On today’s show, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs gives the VA facility in Fayetteville his attention. Plus, John Brummett splits his attention between the president, Cuba, Arkansas and...Georgia, and our Militant Grammarian says the passive voice may make our attention confused.

On today’s show, a new book chronicles the very beginnings of commercial activity in northwest Arkansas; the authors of the book examining every single business to ever be on the Fayetteville Square explain how they gathered all that history into one volume. Plus, a program connecting vets to farming is spreading from beyond the Ozarks, and Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas-Democrat Gazette says keep the money in your wallet, there are several free things we can do this week.