Bentonville projects an $8.5M budget gap in 2025 as sales tax rebates climb to $15M, with Walmart responsible for 60%. City leaders warn of fiscal strain while seeking ways to manage future rebate impacts.

Fayetteville Fashion Night debuts Sept. 13 at Sonrisa Boutique with local designers, music, and community spirit. Organizers Mary Grace Coop and Christa Reynolds aim to “Keep Fayetteville Fashionable.”

Springdale Public Library Foundation will match up to $5,000 in September donations. Funds will create an author series in 2026, with a focus on local writers and community-based programming.

UA researcher Taylor Hermes and team found plague DNA in a 4,000-year-old sheep tooth, offering clues to how Yersinia pestis spread before fleas carried it and helping explain disease evolution today.

The Editorial Partner said:Fort Smith grapples with $600M in water infrastructure needs while I-49 progress inches forward. Van Buren updates its parks plan with a $34M center and Sen. Gary Stubblefield’s death sparks a special election.

On today's show, the city of Bentonville is expecting an eight and a half million dollar budget gap due to tax rebates. Plus, learning more details about the historic nature of the plague.

Neelakshi Majumdar, an assistant professor of aerospace engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, speaks to Ozark at Large's Kyle Kellams about private aviation safety.

The Nelms Dyslexia Center in Fayetteville hosted yesterday’s formal signing of a memorandum of understanding between the center, the University of Arkansas, and the Academic Language Therapy Association. They’ll work together to make it more affordable for people to become Certified Academic Language Therapists. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams reports.

Brittany Johnson, communications director for CACHE and Ozark at Large's Kyle Kellam's discuss "Britt's Picks" for the upcoming week.

Arkansas State University Chancellor Todd Shields discusses a new freshman-to-physician program with NYITCOM, progress on the upcoming veterinary college, and efforts to align higher ed with workforce needs.