Jacqueline Froelich
KUAF Reporter and NPR CorrespondentJacqueline Froelich is an investigative journalist and has been a news producer for KUAF National Public Radio since 1998. She covers politics, the environment, energy, business, education, history, race and culture. Her radio segments have been nationally syndicated. She is also a station-based national correspondent for NPR in Washington D.C., and recipient of eight national and state broadcast awards.
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Anjanette Anjel, Republic of the Marshall Islands new Consul General, headquartered in Springdale, said her mission is to assist legally-present Marshallese migrants in Arkansas as well as those residing across the continental U.S. -
On today's show, we hear about a new Consul General for the Republic of the Marshall Islands who is based in northwest Arkansas. Also, Pryor Center archives this week give us an insight into a longtime Arkansas Parliamentarian. Plus, a new Sound Perimeter from Lia Uribe. -
A collaborative U.S. Forest Service project to transform overgrown Ouachita Mountain shortleaf pine forests into sunny woodland savannas in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma is producing remarkable results. -
On today's show, a years-long restoration process in the Ouachita National Forest produces unexpected results, like finding a remnant population of rare woodpeckers. Also, Steve Schlanger explains the multitasking required to broadcast sports. Plus, Two Friends Books in Bentonville begins a nonprofit venture. -
'Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ' is a limited KUAF/Listening Lab multimedia series on the history of Marshallese migration in our region. In episode three, noted Marshallese physician Dr. Sheldon Riklon discusses the unique health challenges experienced by Marshall Islanders resulting from centuries of foreign occupation and twelve years of U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons testing on their remote Pacific archipelago. -
On today's show, Arkansas rice and feeding the world. Also, we continue our series about Marshallese residents of northwest Arkansas with a discussion about health and medicine. Plus, Michael Tilley with Talk Business and Politics examines the past seven days in the Arkansas River Valley.
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Marshallese human rights advocate Benetick Kabua Maddison discusses the continuing consequences of Cold War U.S. Military nuclear weapons testing on the Marshall Islands as well as climate catastrophe impacts, in episode two of 'Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ' — a new KUAF/Listening Lab multimedia series on the history of Marshallese migration in our region.
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On today’s show, a conversation with Zach Arns from ESPN Arkansas about bowl games and the Razorbacks’ chances of playing in one. Also, the latest episode of "Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ". Plus, we hear about the latest news in the River Valley from Michael Tilley and weekend events from April Wallace.
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Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ (Ozarks Marshallese) reveals how waves of legally-present Marshallese migrants have navigated new lives on the Arkansas Ozarks over the past thirty years. The premiere episode, "First Arrival," features Carmen Samual Chong Gum, first Arkansas Consul General of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The following is an excerpt from the filmed studio conversation.
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On today's show, we begin a new series about the Marshallese experience in northwest Arkansas. Also, a projected drop in Arkansas farm income. Plus, Michael Tilley brings news from the River Valley and April Wallace shares happenings across the region.
