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Classical violinist Mark O'Connor's boyhood hero was a country musician. O'Connor says that he'd spend hours on end learning the songs of Johnny Cash — and to this day, his great passion is the tune "Big River."

In early 2020, Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shop headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, purchased Dogpatch USA, a vacant 1960s-era amusement park located in northern Newton County. Almost immediately, crews broke ground for a new tourist attraction called Marble Falls Nature Park. Little is known about plans for the private preserve, but area residents say development of the new park is very slowly progressing.

If you see a body floating down the Ganges, it's usually safe to assume it's dead. Devout Hindus deposit the remnants of their dead into the river, as they believe it purifies the soul. But don't be too sure. Body-surfing has arrived in this, the holiest of waterways.

Away is a rebuilding-yourself-from-the-ground-up kind of record, and singer-songwriter Will Sheff uses the occasion to take his time and let his songs breathe.

Taylor Sheridan directed Wind River, a film about a young woman's assault and murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation. He tells NPR's Scott Simon it's based on thousands of stories just like it.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation on Friday to welcome an international fighter pilot training program at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith. Also, about 200 acres on the Middle Fork of the White River is now protected through the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, and Arkansas Children's Hospital is planning a $318 million expansion.

For a century, California's Russian River has been a haven for the LGBTQ+ community. But the health of the river and the surrounding area is suffering the effects of climate change.

For people who live along the river, the Mississippi is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who experience it up close.

Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, says observers of commerce on the Arkansas River are bullish on the near future of shipping…

There are winners and losers in the new landmark deal to avert a water shortage crisis on the Colorado River. But experts say it doesn't go far enough and no one should be celebrating.