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Arvest Bank is the 2025 recipient of the Olivia Farrell Gender Equity Leadership Award presented by the Women’s Federation of Arkansas. The award recognizes companies that have made significant strides in gender equity, from leadership representation to policies that support women’s professional growth.

The Special Olympics Arkansas Area 3 Spring Games are returning to Fayetteville on Friday, April 4. This year, the competition will take place at Ramay Jr. High and feature athletes from all over the region competing in bocce, powerlifting and track and field.

It’s been 40 years since Marty McFly climbed into Doc Brown’s Delorean and traveled back 30 years. Now, "Back to the Future: The Musical" is touring the world. The production comes to Walton Arts Center on April 8 for eight shows.

Missouri-based Mathew Goldberg returns to northwest Arkansas to launch his debut short story collection "Night Watch."

Arkansas ranks very low in maternal health categories, and a new, free app is trying to help expecting and new mothers get connected to services. On today's show, we hear how an Arkansas-specific pregnancy app could move the needle for maternal health. Plus, the co-writer of Back to the Future helps turn the iconic film series into a stage musical. Also, writer Mathew Goldberg is coming back to northwest Arkansas to launch his new book at Two Friends in Bentonville.

Arkansas ranks 50th in maternal mortality and 50th in infant mortality. Bentonville-based Ingeborg Initiatives is teaming up with Royal Phillips, a Netherlands-based tech company, to develop a free Arkansas-specific app for new and expecting mothers to get information about services, improve health literacy and connect to health care.

As the Arkansas Legislature considers a community-based doula certification act, the Doula Alliance of Arkansas takes note of World Doula Week. That story is on today's show. Plus, we’ll consider wellness in our regular feature “balance," by examining the similarities and differences between hunger and appetite. Also, the fifth annual Leverett AMP Concert Series in Fort Smith is about to start.

House Bill 1252, to establish the Certified Community-Based Doula Certification Act, has been referred to the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee at the State Capitol. Though that legislation is pending, the Doula Alliance of Arkansas is taking note of World Doula Week.

The fifth annual Levitt AMP Fort Smith music series starts on April 3. The five-part concert series brings national touring acts alongside Fort Smith and other regional musicians. Taking place throughout April, the concerts are completely free and begin at 6 p.m. sharp at the Riverfront Park Amphitheater.

On today's show, we take a trip to the Ozarks at Large archives.