The holiday season is in full gear with Christmas plays, concerts, displays and more. Becca Martin Brown , with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, is able to give us a rundown of the cheery options.

Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics explains why people in Ft. Smith have a keen interest in possible new leadership at the EPA.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, is back with help to make sure the sentences we write have proper balance. MUSIC: "Balance" Hudson Mohawke

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton talked to Roby Brock, with Talk Business and Politics , about legislation recently passed in Washington and recent appointments announced by President-elect Trump.

After 25 years, Casey Jones will no longer be the city prosecutor for Fayetteville. He reflects on the job and the challenges it includes.

The city of Bella Vista is now accepting requests for priority snow removal for medical conditions including chemotherapy, dialysis, radiation and home hospice care. The primary goal of the program is to help residents receive their life-saving treatments during inclement weather.

In 2014, the foreign-born population contributed an estimated $3.1 billion to the Northwest Arkansas economy. That’s according to a new report called Global Talent: The Economic Engine of Northwest Arkansas. It was recently made public by EngageNWA and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation , as well as New American Economy , an organization that brings together a bipartisan group of U.S. mayors and business leaders to raise awareness of the economic benefits of sensible immigration reform. MUSIC:

The lows for Wednesday and Thursday nights in Northwest Arkansas are expected to dip into the teens. The extreme cold can be especially difficult for those who live outside, but Leadership Fayetteville is lending a hand. Late Tuesday afternoon, members of the group met in the parking lot of Farmers Co-op Fayetteville and attached tags to scarves that they then tied to a bridge, lampposts and signs along a nearby section of the Frisco Trail.

John Brummett, a political writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says the relationship between the press, the public, and officials is shifting dramatically. He talked about the shift, and bills filed by Arkansas legislators, with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics. MUSIC: "The Drummer Song" Daryl Shawn

The 18th annual music issue for Arkansas-based The Oxford American examines the blues from Arkansas to Japan.