Ozarks at Large

This week's chronicle of the University of Arkansas' first 150 years is about a pioneering student, James McGahee, whose names was lost and/or forgotten for many decades.

On today's show, how history can be used to explore different perspectives. Plus, the green book advice for African-American travelers in Jim Crow South, including Arkansas, and much more.

Plenty to keep watch on this Tuesday as new numbers related to COVID-19 in Arkansas are released and meteorologists try to understand an approaching winter storm.

This summer the University of Arkansas Humanities Center will host a pair of NEH-supported summer teaching institutes for K-12 teachers from around the country. One is The Local and International Legacies of Nelson Hackett's Flight from Slavery and the other is Pandemics in History, Literature and Today. Deadline to apply is March 1st.

John Brummett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, considers the next moves in a Supreme Court nomination process. He talks with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics.

The "Green Book," an early 20th century travel guide published annually during racial segregation revealed safe places for African-American travelers to stay, dine, as well as vacation. Fayetteville history writer, Dave Edmark researched how the town of Fayetteville, starting back in the 1930's, accommodated Black travelers — his findings published in Flashback, the quarterly journal of the Washington County Historical Society.

The Arkansas Educators Association published a survey of the state's teachers that reveals concerns with covid-19 protocols and student learning loss during the pandemic.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, is back with a ten-year challenge. She has a list of words that entered our shared vocabulary in, or around, 2011.

On today's show, working to make sure the Holocaust is remembered and taught. Plus, Ivermectin, a prescription anti-parasite drug, is also sold over-the- counter at farm supplies, where people are purchasing it to prevent COVID-19, and much more.

A new week begins with a forecast for a continued challenge to get enough workers to fill positions for Arkansas businesses. Plus a weather forecast that has almost something for everybody.

Last week the University of Arkansas commemmorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day by dedicating the pen used to sign Holocaust education into law in Arkansas last year.

Ivermectin, an FDA-approved treatment for parasites in humans, and sold over-the-counter for domestic livestock, is increasingly being taken by people to prevent or treat COVID-19. We hear from an ivermectin enthusiast, the president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest who warns about off-label use, and a physician at Duke Clinical Research Institute leading an ivermectin theraputic intervention study. An attorney with ACLU-Arkansas also discusses a federal lawsuit his team recently filed against a northwest Arkansas physician for treating county jail inmates with prescription ivermectin.

The number of outdoor-themed businesses in Arkansas is growing again. Washington-based Eddyline Kayaks announced a planned expansion into northwest Arkansas.

We go into our archives for archives. We listen again to a Pryor Center collection of clips we first aired in March, 2021 about movies made in Arkansas.

On today's show, setting the stage for Cyclo-Cross World Championships. Plus, working toward more inclusion in the workplace, and much more.

Today's top of the show includes medical debt erased for thousands of Arkansans as well as an update on COVID-19 numbers across the state.

Athletes from more than 20 countries are in Fayetteville this weekend for the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Championships. The weekend opened Thursday night with ceremonies on the Fayetteville Square.

Beginning in March, three cohorts of nonprofits from across northwest Arkansas will be partnering with the IDEALS Institute. For more information about TRU and each of the three cohorts, you can visit their website.

The city of Fayetteville is reinstating its COVID-19 vaccine incentive. People who live or work in the city are eligible to receive $100 to become vaccinated. More information is available at the city's website.

Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says she's eager to see the first month of 2022 end. She gives us a guide to many of the weekend's entertainment opportunities.

Courtney Lanning says a sixth installment in the animated Ice Age franchise looks a little less shiny and has a couple more laughs for younger viewers.

The city of Fort Smith experienced a 15% hike in sales tax revenue for 2022. Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, discusses what that means. He also addresses the hiring of another consultant for a Fort Smith school project.

On today's show, working to ease shortages in Arkansas truck drivers. Plus, a visit to Columbia with Sound Perimeter, the Headquarters House in Fayetteville, and much more.

Today's show starts with another record set for virus hospitalizations in Arkansas and a plan in place for how Bella Vista might use American Rescue Plan funds.

Northwest Arkansas Community College announced a new scholarship for trucking students to get their commercial delivery license, sponsored by trucking pioneer Willis Shaw.

Before the pandemic, many Arkansas schools were in need of more teachers. During the last two years the need has only grown.

In this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, Arkansas Senator Jonathan Dismang talks with Roby Brock about the members who have announced they are not seeking reelection in the Arkansa Legislature and what to expect with every member being on the ballot this year.

A remarkably preserved civil war-era estate in Fayeteville’s historic district serves as headquarters for the Washington County Historical Society. Headquarters House is open to the public for individual and group tours and hosts seasonal events. Society president Lee Anne Kirby Wiederkehr walks us through the historic site, where we also meet the society's Flashback journal editor, Patsy Watkins.

University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe returns to share selections written for the film Encanto, with performances by Carolina Gaitan and Mauro Castillo, Marta Gomez, and Carlos Vives.

On today's show, a conversation with the founders of an organization working to make mental health care more accessible for women of color. Plus, we find out more about how people can be reimbursed for at-home COVID-19 tests, and much more.

Today's show starts with more COVID-19 news. Arkansas' hospitalizations from the virus declined a bit yesterday, though state officials are still concerned. Research led by a UAMS team indicates progress in the battle against the virus.

Four free tests are being supplied by the federal government to every household later this month, but if you need one now, your private insurance is required to reimburse you for those purchases.

A new nonprofit in northwest Arkansas, Resilient Black Women, is dedicated to increasing conversations about mental health and culture...as well as expanding access to mental health. You can attend Sunday's about grief on Zoom here.

Twice in the past 150 years University of Arkansas students have made discoveries of world-record fossils.

The American Lung Association is giving Arkansas three failing grades, out of five possible grades, when it comes to reducing tobacco use.

On today's show, Northwest Arkansas Workforce Development provides free career training for disadvantaged adults and youth. Plus, a conversation with Tom Gordon, the president and CEO of Slim Chickens, about building a restaurant enterprise, and much more.

Arkansas hospitals, and those in northwest Arkansas, experience a pandemic-high number of patients with COVID-19.

The Workforce Division of the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District provides free comprehensive career guidance and facilitated hands on training to disadvantaged adults and youth across the nine-county region, under the federally funded Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act. Seventeen year-old Remington McGuire is a WIOA veternarian tech trainee who someday plans to open her own practice in Northwest Arkansas.

Fayetteville-based Slim Chickens is getting attention from trade publication QSR Magazine for being a breakout in the industry. Late last year we talked with Tom Gordon, the president and CEO of the company about lessons learned over the years.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' gubernatorial campaign continues to break Arkansas records for fundraising. John Brummett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says he's intrigued by how the campaign will spend the money. You can hear more of this conversation here.

Buddy Shute and Mark McGee were supposed to be in Memphis this month for the International Blues Challenge, representing the Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Society. The challenge is delayed until may because of the pandemic, so they came to our studio to play new music from their CD Hard as Nails.

On today's show, A state legislator found a way for Marshallese migrants to officially serve in law enforcement. Plus, a musical preview from The Lunch Hour, and much more.

Our show begins with news of a drop in the number of COVID-19 patients in Arkansas and a (temporary) warm up across the region.

A measure to allow legally-present Arkansas Marshallese migrants to officially train and serve in state, county and municipal law enforcement failed to pass the state legislature last year, blocked by a majority of anti-immigrant lawmakers. The bill’s sponsor, Democrat State Rep. Megan Godfrey, District 89 - Springdale, instead resorted to an alternative solution.

We dip back into 2020 for an encore broadcast of our series of Pryor Center archives for a segment devoted to the Little Rock Nine.

The second installment of the new KUAF series The Lunch Hour took place in our lobby Friday. We share two of the songs performed by Mia Gjeldum. You can watch the recorded live stream from Gjeldum's performance on KUAF's Facebook page here.

On today's show, Chaim Goodman-Strauss is this year’s recipient of the Rosenthal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching from the National Museum of Mathematics. Plus, we learn more about The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust’s new NWA FarmLink program, and much more.

The start of our show today is dedicated to the latest virus surge and a new program from UAMS designed to help students, especially in underserved communities, to learn more about careers in fields like science, math and healthcare.

This week Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, discusses an ArcBest investment in Phantom Auto and a new park named after a beloved Fort Smith artist.

The Rosnethal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in math teaching from the National Museum of Mathematics this year is awarded to Chaim Goodman-Strauss, a professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas. he came to the Carver Center for Public Radio to demonstrate how he uses paper and scissors to teach about symmetry.