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This week's review of news with Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics includes a projected opening for the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, the latest homes sales numbers for the Arkansas River Valley and a remembrance of a pivotal figure in the arts and culture of the region.

Sanura Begum fled Myanmar and now lives in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. Could she ever return to the wooden farmhouse she left behind? Only God knows, she says.

The alleged shooter, an 18-year-old white male, has been arraigned on a first-degree murder charge. Authorities say most of the victims killed at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket were Black.

Manufacturers like Whirlpool and Rheem brought jobs to the River Valley for years. Now in the city, new arts and humanities initiatives are growing. Ozarks at Large's Anna Pope spent a day in river city to catch a glimpse of the city's emphasis on arts and culture.

Increasing white-tailed deer herds are causing both wonder and worry in towns and cities on the Arkansas Ozarks. We gather insight from state and local deer experts.

Educator Hal Cuff stops by the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk about the annual June Bug Jam, a benefit for Headwaters School in Red Star, Arkansas. The event includes guided outdoor adventures, live music and more.

Quanah Parker, considered the greatest Comanche chief, was the son of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white pioneer woman kidnapped by a raiding party when she was a little girl. Their story — and the saga of the powerful American Indian tribe — is told by S.C. Gwynne in his new book, Empire of the Summer Moon.

Quanah Parker, considered the greatest Comanche chief, was the son of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white pioneer woman kidnapped by a raiding party when she was a little girl. Their story — and the saga of the powerful American Indian tribe — is told by S.C. Gwynne in his book, Empire of the Summer Moon.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics discusses the gains in river tonnage, another flooding of the Peak Center with no response from the Fort Smith school administration and what he knows about the unknown "Project X" project in Fort Smith.

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