Arkansas is located in a region that has a high prevalence of risk factors for strokes. Dr. Chaitanya Bonda, a neurologist with Northwest Medical Center, tells us about some of those risk factors and what can be done to control them.

Arkansas native Bonnie Montgomery will open for Ray Wiley Hubbard March 27 at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. She recently stopped by to talk with us about her music career, growing up in the Ozarks, and writing a folk opera about Bill Clinton.

The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce has hired Travis Stephens as Vice President of Operations. In today's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, we hear from chamber CEO Graham Cobb about the organization's new operations officer, and we hear about WhyteSpyder's plans to relocate to downtown Springdale.

Voters went to the polls yesterday to decide the fate of a sales tax to fund construction of a new county courthouse, and voters in Fort Smith decided the fate of a sales tax that would've went toward the U.S. Marshals Museum. Both measures failed at the ballot box. We hear from those who supported each measure to find out what's next moving forward.

NWA Ballet Theatre is launching a new dance initiative called Dance Anywhere/Everywhere. The program includes outdoor and theater performances, a series of creative events for children, and social and awareness events connecting artists with the community.

The perception of Jesus Christ has shifted continually over 1,600 years. This week, University of Arkansas Honors College Dean Lynda Coon will deliver a lecture on how Jesus was perceived in the middle ages titled "Dark Age Jesus." This week, she stopped by our studio to give us a preview.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1941, Stokely Carmichael was a major figure in the civil rights movement who introduced the term and concept of "Black Power" to the public. He served in major campaigns like "Freedom Summer," and led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

The next few days features plenty of funk, electro-pop, rock and songwriter folk throughout the region. Wednesday, Mar. 13 Lucero, Jamie Lou and the Hulabaloo at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $25, 8:30 p.m. Wonderfuzz at Chelsea's (Eureka Springs) - 9 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 14 Dead Rider, Locate S,1 and Ankle Pop at Smoke and Barrel Tavern (Fayetteville) - $8 adv, $10 at the door, 9 p.m. The Wirms, Musclegoose, The Stools at Backspace (Fayetteville) - 8 p.m. Speak-Easy at West and

The inaugural Art in the Springs Art Walk begins at 5 p.m. Thursday in downtown Siloam Springs. We speak with LaKay Dailey, founder and coordinator of the art walk, to learn more about the new event.

The Cherokee Nation is searching for five-foot tall, iron boundary markers put in by the U.S. General Land Office in the mid-19th century. The survey monuments were used to designate the boundary between the Cherokee and Creek Nation territories after both tribes were pushed into what is now Oklahoma. The markers are just as important now as they were then since they trump later land surveys.