Ozarks at Large

On today’s show...reconfiguring how voting and representations should take place in Bentonville. Plus the Time Burners figured it was time to include harmonies in their music. And Michael Tilley helps us figure out what’s going on with recycling in Fort Smith.

On today’s show, considering what could happen to the DREAMers previously protected from deportation. And we consider what one of the region’s largest companies plans for the future. And considering new ways to raise money for University of Arkansas Police ideas.

On today's program, we hear from a University of Arkansas English class that has collected oral histories about learning to read in the Ozarks; the work will be displayed this week at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Also, we get a rundown of action at the state legislature yesterday, and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge weighs in on the future of executions in the state.

On today’s show, growth in Bentonville, and Bentonville’s school population, spurs a request for a millage increase for new schools. Plus, growth may be pushing out some of the region’s wildlife, but one home for great blue herons is being protected. And a new documentary studies every facet of the growth of the strawberry.

On today's program, a brief look at flooding that occurred throughout the region during the weekend; a conversation with two state lawmakers about what came out of this year's legislative session and what's coming up in the special session of the legislature; and we hear about an interfaith organization in northwest Arkansas that has met for six years in an attempt to foster a better community in this area.

On today's program, we're live from Haxton Road Studio in Bentonville for The Power of Music Festival . We hear a special songwriters-in-the-round session with Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, and Jerry Salley.

On today's program, we learn about a field expedition scheduled for this weekend that will retrace English botanist Thomas Nuttall's route through the Poteau River Valley more than 200 years ago.. Also, we hear from the artistic director of Patch Theatre Company about the group's production of The Moon's a Balloon, onstage Friday at Walton Arts Center.

On today's program, we learn about a blossoming coalition of local green groups, led by the Downtown Native Plant Garden Project, that are collaborating to sustainably restore Eureka Springs' green ecosystem. Also, political columnist John Brummett weighs in on the latest regarding the recent executions carried out by the state.

During the last year, there has been some momentum across the country to reform laws regarding bail, but one criminal justice reformer says more could be done. On today's program, we hear from Tim Murray, a bail reform advocate and director emeritus of the Pretrial Justice Institute. Also, The Militant Grammarian returns to begin to demystify the lowly pronoun.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is home to a martial arts dojo that offers free self-defense classes. On today's program, we learn about Project Zen, and we learn about a proposed cannabis cultivation facility that could be built in Fayetteville if approved by the city