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Fort Smith VA Clinic Succeeds at Housing Homeless Veterans in the River Valley

Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks’ Fort Smith outpatient clinic staff provides homeless Veterans in the River Valley comprehensive housing support services.

The little guy in Connecticut. Saturday, he gets his sacred naming ceremony.

One White Buffalo To Get Sacred Name; Death Of Another Still Stirs Anger

In Connecticut, the birth of what's thought to be a rare white bison is drawing Native Americans to a sacred ceremony. But in Texas, no one has yet been arrested in the May killing of another such animal and there's anger over the pace of the investigation.

The gunman charged with killing 10 Black people and injuring three other individuals in the mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in May will not be pursuing a psychiatric defense in his state case, officials say. Here, people pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the scene of the mass shooting a few days after it occurred.

The Buffalo supermarket gunman won't pursue a psychiatric defense in his state case

In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for the New York State Unified Court System said the defense has "neither filed a notice nor requested an extension to do so."

Flowers and candles lay outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022.

Online platforms radicalized the Buffalo mass shooting suspect, a new report says

The New York attorney general's office said it reviewed thousands of pages of documents and social media content to study how the suspect used online platforms to plan and publicize the mass shooting.

Fort Smith receives grant for trail system, more vessels on the Arkansas River

Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley Joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss headlines from this past week around the Arkansas River Valley.

Wajahat Malik, right, and a Pakistan Navy seaman navigate the Indus River. Malik organized a 40-day expedition down the 2,000-mile river to document "the peoples, the cultures, the biodiversity and just whatever comes our way," he says — including the impact of climate change and pollution.

Floating in a rubber dinghy, a filmmaker documents the Indus River's water woes

Pakistani filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

Biden calls for unity during his visit to Buffalo, which is shaken by mass shooting

The community in Buffalo, New York, is holding vigils to honor the victims of Saturday's shooting. President Biden traveled there Tuesday to talk with the families of the victims.

Congressional Debate, Arkansas Elections, West Fork River Restoration Effort and Soccer

On today's show, KUAF's podcast Natural Election dives into local elections, and a closer look at the Environmental Protection Agencies’ West River restoration effort. Also, this past week's 4th Congressional District debate, a soccer seminar and more.

Despite State-Ordered Closure, Farm Advocates Hopeful for Hog Farm's Future

In mid November, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality ordered C&H Hog Farms to cease operations, citing potential pollution of the Buffalo…

Activists are calling on lawmakers to take action on gun control reform, following a number of mass shootings across the US.

The House passes a gun control bill in response to the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings

It has almost no chance of becoming law as the Senate pursues negotiations focused on improving mental health programs, bolstering school security and enhancing background checks.

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