Michael Tilley

Michael Tilley covers a $140M Choctaw Casino expansion in Pocola, Baptist Health selling Fort Smith clinics, May sales tax gains and the city board's strategy session.

On today's show, we meet Robert Petkoff, who will be front and center when Moulin Rouge! The Musical is on stage at Walton Arts Center next week, but you may have already spent time with his voice on one of the audiobook bestsellers he’s narrated. Plus, three of our summer interns, all graduates of Benton County high schools, get six questions they shouldn’t be expected to know the correct answers to. We also get River Valley news from Talk Business & Politics.

Michael Tilley discusses Lockheed Martin's F-35 jobs boost, a canceled Freedom Truck stop, NDA scrutiny and a push for hospital closure notice laws.

On today's show, we learn that Arkansas continues to face gaps in rural medical access, and the new statewide Graduate Medical Education Technical Assistance Center at the Heartland Whole Health Institute is expected to help narrow them. We’re also following the men’s World Cup, so we track how the global game has evolved. Plus, we explore a new space at XNA.

On today's show, we visit a new exhibition in Fayetteville that honors the legacy of Arkansas’ own Levon Helm. Plus, the World Cup is in full swing, so we get up to date on the future USL Championship team coming to the area. And Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics joins us with news from the River Valley.

Talk Business & Politics' Michael Tilley breaks down Baptist Health's latest Fort Smith cuts, a new ACHE interim president, rising wages and the Bass Reeves Legacy Loop's revised path forward.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics breaks down Fort Smith's rising sales tax revenue, a crowded November ballot and the city's long-deferred water infrastructure crisis.

On today's show, we hear that grassroots organizers are entering crunch time to collect signatures for potential ballot measures in Arkansas. Plus, we explore a festival that brings all of Arkansas together in one weekend. We also get River Valley headlines from Talk Business & Politics.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics breaks down Fort Smith's tense board vote on changing its form of government, airport traffic gains and early 2026 home sales numbers.

Talk Business & Politics' Michael Tilley joins Ozarks at Large to discuss the F-35 training center groundbreaking at Ebbing, Burnham Woods upgrades, a new UAFS manufacturing lab and the death of Judge Jim Spears.