So many industries and businesses have been changed and impacted over the course of the last 11 months of the pandemic. This week, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Reporter examines how a structural engineering firm is handling an odd year.

On today's edition of Sound Perimeter, we celebrate Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born in January 265 years ago. In honor of the composer, we listen to Funny Mozart's Turkish March , originally from the third movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K.331, the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550, a variation of the symphony called "Choro" by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi and Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete, and Mozart's Clarinet quintet K581 in A

This week, Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics , spoke with a pair of Republican lawmakers about education issues. We have excerpts from the discussions featuring Sen. Missy Irvin of Mountain View and Rep. Mark Lowery of Maumelle . They talk about broadband, CARES funding for education and proposed bills regarding the teaching of United States history and social justice.

During his weekly coronavirus response briefing Tuesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the state is making progress on getting the COVID-19 vaccine into Arkansans’ arms. He cited rankings from The New York Times , which put the Natural State in tenth place with 6.5 percent of the population vaccinated against the virus so far. Hutchinson also said he wants Arkansans to know the state is making sure second doses of the vaccine are being allocated for those who’ve received the first dose. He

Arkansas House Bill 1202 , a bipartisan measure proposed by State Rep. Andrew Collins, D-Pulaski County, amends Arkansas election law to establish statewide online access to sample election ballots via the Arkansas Secretary of State Voter View portal.

The goal of the Friendly Fridges of Fayetteville is to address an increase in food insecurity by being a supplement to the Little Free Pantry. Anyone may donate or take food from the first fridge, which is located outside of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Fayetteville.

As the Fayetteville Police Department launches its social work internship program, the Fort Smith Police Department is waiting to find out if it's been awarded a grant that would fund a part-time licensed counselor that can work on opioid and substance abuse related issues. That's in addition to the department's Crisis Intervention Unit, which was launched last year with two officers and the hope of expanding it to three or four in 2021.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, knows more of us are cooking at home these days, so she's collected a list of words, many of them trendy, associated with food, drink and cooking.

As lawmakers gather in Little Rock for the 2021 Legislative Session, our partners at Talk Business and Politics are hosting daily updates on what's taking place as bills get filed and voted on, or not. Roby Brock recently had a virtual conversation with Rep. Monte Hodges, D-Blytheville, who is the president of the Legislative Black Caucus, about taxes, hate crime legislation and bills that propose limiting what can be taught at Arkansas schools.

Earlier this month, the Fayetteville Police Department launched an internship program in partnership with the University of Arkansas social work department. Chief Mike Reynolds says the master's level intern will review department calls to provide a secondary response to people who may need services for mental health, homelessness or food insecurity. The long term goal is to evaluate whether the city might benefit from having a social worker within its police department.