After the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality named the Bella Vista POA a potential responsible party in the nearly year-long fire at the Trafalgar Road stump dump, the organization assumed responsibility for extinguishing it and remediating the site. We speak with POA COO Tom Judson about the undertaking.

The next season for the Fort Smith Symphony is already set. John Jeter, the conductor and musical director, explains what we should expect for the upcoming season.

More than a hundred protesters stood in the rain outside of Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton's office on Old Missouri Road Tuesday to protest the reported conditions at detention centers for migrant children. They say they want lawmakers to act.

Despite the Independence Day holiday, the coming weekend offers a variety of live music opportunities. Thursday, July 4 SoNA at Walmart AMP (Rogers) - tickets start at $3, music at 7:30 p.m., fireworks 9:15 p.m. Friday, July 5 Jekyl and High at Kingfish (Fayetteville) - 9 p.m. The Good Shadows at Black Apple Crossing (Springdale) - 8 p.m. Candy Lee at Brick Street Brews (Rogers) - 7 p.m. Clusterpluck at Chelsea's (Eureka Springs) - 9 p.m. The Candid at The Gravel Bar (Eureka Springs) - 7 p.m.

Little Chief will release Running Wild , a new five-song EP, July 5. Although the band's sound remains the same, the lineup now consists of solo artist Matt Cooper.

Washington Regional Medical Center has partnered with Oklahoma Mothers’ Milk Bank to open its first human milk depot in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, research done by two University of Arkansas professors proposes a way to reduce the use of child labor in the global cocoa industry. And, we take a look at a new report from the Arkansas Justice Collective that alleges Fayetteville law officials are not complying with a 2008 city ordinance that has to do with marijuana offenses.

Washington Regional Medical Center is partnering with Oklahoma Mothers’ Milk Bank to be the first human milk depot in Northwest Arkansas. Nursing women who are preapproved by the milk bank can donate their extra breast milk at the Fayetteville hospital.

A recent article published by two University of Arkansas professors and a colleague from Kansas State University suggests modest economic incentives could eliminate Ghana’s use of child labor in the cocoa industry. We speak with Jeff Luckstead, who is one of the authors and researchers, about their findings.

In a new report , the Arkansas Justice Collective, a nonprofit law firm and advocacy group, claims Fayetteville law officials are not complying with a 2008 city ordinance that makes misdemeanor possession of marijuana a low enforcement priority.

Mervin Jebaraj, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas, speaks with Roby Brock, from our partner Talk Business and Politics . Their conversation touches on student debt, medical debt and more.