Ozarks at Large

We hear how one local school helps keep students on track if they miss extended periods of classes because of illnesses such as the mumps. Also, we hear from Still on the Hill about their latest album, Still a River.

We hear from some songwriters from Austin and Australia who recently completed songs started, but not finished, by the late Albert Brumley. Also, we hear about recently unveiled renovations to Springdale Municipal Airport, and we have the latest installment of our Ozarkansas Fresh series.

We learn about a non-profit refugee resettlement organization taking root in northwest Arkansas. We also get some insight into who is likely to vote this fall from a new study, and we learn about a proposal that could mean more parental leave for Washington County employees.

We hear how an expansion at Peace at Home Family Shelter will help the organization better serve its clients. We also learn about a recently discovered chapter of the Ku Klux Klan that was active in Bentonville in the 1920s.

We hear about the latest intensive biological sampling event that took place at a rare wetland prairie in Fayetteville, we hear what it's like to judge a world championship squirrel cook-off, and Roby Brock and John Brummett give us some context with regard to some political happenings of the past week.

We hear about proposed state rules that if enacted would change the net metering and compensation fee structure for those with on-site alternative energy sources. Also, we hear how the I'll Fly Away Foundation is encouraging songwriting in schools, public spaces, and in a new songwriting festival.

We hear how Tri-Cycle Farms in Fayetteville has grown in the three years since we last visited the urban agriculture site. We hear how UAFS and the city of Fort Smith have worked together to create a designated bikeway between the campus and the city's downtown. And we hear from Dr. Peter Ungar about the evolutionary history of teeth and humans.

We speak with on of the artists taking place this week during The Unexpected mural festival in Fort Smith, we hear highlights from a recent forum held in Rogers on workplace tolerance, and we speak with one of the people responsible for a two-hour movie filmed in one shot, which is being exhibited at this week's Fayetteville Film Festival.

We talk to author David S. Turk, who has recently released an official history on the modern years of the U.S. Marshals Service. We also hear how helmets can save lives on bicycles, scooters and motorcycles in the wake of a recent death on the U of A campus related to a scooter crash.

We pay a visit to Tri-Cycle Farms in Fayetteville to see how its grown during the past few years, we hear how UAFS students have another way to get from campus to downtown Fort Smith, and our Militant Grammarian tells us that maybe, just maybe, all the commas we think we need to use in writing are actually unnecessary.