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We are just 42 days from the solar eclipse that will make its way across a wide swath of the state of Arkansas. Two professors from the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences discuss the program and their preparation for the total solar eclipse.

Ten years ago today, a Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge struck down Arkansas' constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Couples rushed to Eureka Springs early the next morning to obtain wedding licenses — the only county courthouse in the state open on a Saturday. Several dozen same-sex couples who made history that day, the first in the Deep South to legally wed, are gathering this weekend in Eureka Springs to celebrate.

Much like wild grapes, persimmons, and paw paws that seasonally fruit on the Ozarks, edible mushroom varieties also appear in early spring, summer and autumn. Jacqueline Froelich takes us foraging for springtime mushrooms on the Boston Mountains, guided by sustainable wild foods forager, Jake Parette.

As winter heating bills rise, Arkansas residents can apply for LIHEAP, or the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. SWEPCO officials say the federal program helps eligible households avoid heating shutoffs and manage energy costs.

The annual symposium hosted by the Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas State Archives is tomorrow at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock. Shaping the Future of Education: Black Education Then & Now will include a presentation from Matthew Caston, educator and historian about Southland College.

Fayetteville has opened an emergency cooling center this week as extreme heat grips the region, while area hospitals report more cases of dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke.

For 25 years, the Earth Conservation Corps has been cleaning up the capital's polluted Anacostia River. Volunteers have turned their lives around and now work to help others do the same.

The lack of clean water, sanctions and ISIS have all contributed to depleting the supply of fish that is salted, fire-roasted and shared by Iraqis of all sects and political persuasions.

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.

Conflict has sown trauma in the western region of Colombia. Doctors Without Borders is working with local healers and health care professionals to come up with ways to help heal the psychic wounds.