The Windgate Charitable Foundation is giving $40 million to the University of Arkansas School of Art to create the Windgate Art and Design District in south Fayetteville. This follows a $120 million dollar gift to the school earlier this year.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, this week combines two passions: cooking and grammar.

The American novelist Washington Irving has plenty to do with popular celebrations of Christmas in the United States. Tracy S. Morris , the author of the blog and podcast "I Am Not Making This Up" returns to Ozarks at Large to explain.

American Ninja Warrior is a show on NBC where athletes attempt to make their way through an obstacle course quicker than their fellow competitors. Flip Side Ninja Park is a new gym in Lowell where, once constructed, local athletes can train and learn the skills needed to compete on American Ninja Warrior and other obstacle course races.

Emergency medical service providers in Northwest Arkansas are coping with a shortage of paramedics required to meet the region's expanding population. Central EMS in Fayetteville, which takes 911 calls from a 920-square mile region, is calling on local communities to provide reinforcements. We talk to Chief Becky Stewart. And to help accommodate, the state's leading paramedic certification program operated by Northwest Arkansas Community College Center for Health Professions in Bentonville is

A Tuesday roundup: there is a Democrat running for governor, a new school planned in Rogers and a grant for low-impact parking lots.

John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, talks with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics about the continued public discussions about sexual misconduct and public figures.

We continue our series of conversations about diversity in everyday life with Niketa Reed, clinical assistant professor in the University of Arkansas' School of Journalism. Today the topic is winter holidays and the traditions we observe.

We listen to an interview recorded in 2012 with Roy Reed about his then-new memoir, "Beware of Limbo Dancers: A Correspondent's Adventures with the New York Times. He discussed the ups and downs of reporting on deadline and read from his New York Times account of the march in Selma, Alabama.

A Monday roundup: Respected journalist and writer Roy Reed is remembered, wildfires are a risk in Arkansas and a big real estate deal in Bentonville.