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Beyond the Ozarks

Updates From the River Valley

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published January 22, 2019 at 9:48 AM CST

Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics returns to catch us up on some news stories of the past week. We hear about a seven-figure donation to help the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Smith renovate one of the older parks in the city, a new city-wide billing system for the city of Fort Smith and more.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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