Randy Dixon

Randy Dixon with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss Jerry Maulden, the former president of Arkansas Power and Light Company, now called Entergy. Maluden passed away earlier this month.

On today's show, we hear about thousands of people who came to protest in downtown Fayetteville this weekend. Plus, the Pryor Center offers recordings that celebrate the life and work of utility man Jerry Mauldin. Also, a brand new edition of Sound Perimeter from host Lia Uribe.

On today's show, the Lake Wedington National Recreation Area is finally being upgraded thanks to the help of HistoriCorps and Job Corps. Additionally, a University of Arkansas professor shares her story of moving to northwest Arkansas from India. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals are hosting a free youth baseball clinic later this month.

Randy Dixon with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss an infamous murder-suicide that occurred in Arkansas' capital city in 1987.

Growth continues in downtown Fayetteville, and on today's show, we hear how some businesses do not feel welcome to stay. Also, we learn about an initiative to help educators get the help they need to improve student outcomes. Plus, Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center examines a gruesome triple murder-suicide from 1987.

Randy Dixon with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to revisit historic interviews, recorded by Jim Pitcock, that detail Arkansan activity in wartime Vietnam before the fall of Saigon.

On today's show, we hear how Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is partnering with the Arkansas Schools for the Blind & Visually Impaired and the Deaf to pilot a program to educate and provide access. Also, Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore reports that the city of Fayetteville is collaborating with a local nonprofit to increase economic mobility. Plus, a new edition of Sound Perimeter with Lia Uribe.

Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center brings Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams archival recordings from the 1960s detailing anti-Vietnam War activism.

This week marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. On today's show, we'll hear about refugees from the Vietnam War who made their way to the U.S. through Fort Chaffee. And while the war in Vietnam was half a world away, the impact was felt locally, as we hear in archival recordings of war protests from the Pryor Center.

Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center brings Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams archival recordings of news stories from 50 years ago.