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Excellerate Housing, a division of Excellerate Foundation, announced $18.7 million in additional funding for a housing development in Bentonville. McAuley Place is described as a workforce housing development targeting employees of Bentonville schools and other residents in the school district. Jeff Webster, the president and CEO of Excellerate Foundation, the parent organization for Excellerate Housing, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams.

April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like animated watercolors at 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville, the reception for What We Carry at The Medium in Springdale, plus the Tontitown Grape Festival.

April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like the Levitt Amp Fort Smith Music Series, "Bluey's Big Play" at the Walton Arts Center and more.

The City of Fayetteville is ending its "Movies in the Parks" series with "The Coal Miner's Daughter" screening near the Splash Pad at Walker Park tonight, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. The event will feature music from the film performed live by Smokey & The Mirror before the movie. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams invited Bernice and Bryan Hembree of Smokey & The Mirror to talk about what "Coal Miner's Daughter" means to them.

Have you ever looked at your cat or dog and wondered, “what is she thinking?” or “why does he do that?” Next semester, you might get some insight. The University of Arkansas Honors College will host a Signature Seminar titled “Animal Minds.” Ed Minar, a professor of philosophy at the University of Arkansas, will lead the course and spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the seminar.

On today's show, the state's first industrial wind facility could soon break ground in Carroll County. Plus, exploring animal minds. Also, the legacy of Arkansas educator Bessie Moore.

On today's show, a ranger speaks about updating the Buffalo National River's river management plan. Also, learning more about an Arkansas distillery with a multi-generational story. Plus, celebrating connections to Madison County’s past.

Boulder, Colorado-based Scout Clean Energy plans to install a 180 MW commercial wind energy facility in the populated mountains of eastern Carroll County. The facility will be the first like it in Arkansas. Scout officials recently traveled to the region to update Carroll County officials, afterward meeting with Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich —who's been tracking the project since it first came to light early last year.

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville saw another year of record enrollment with its Fall 2024 semester. But all of that growth comes with a lot of traffic congestion and the college's office of sustainability is working to make the campus more friendly to alternative modes of transport.

Becca Martin-Brown returns to discuss modern events with a deeper history with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams. This week, the two are joined by Susan Young, retired from the Shiloh Museum of the Ozarks, to discuss St. Paul's Pioneer Days and the special connection between Madison County and the Shiloh Museum.