Chili Pepper Festival

The annual Chile Pepper Festival returns to Fayetteville this weekend for its 36th iteration. The enduring cross-country event will occur as normal. However, organizers have changed a few proceedings. This week, Matthew Downs, the executive director of the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, came to the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk about the Chile Pepper races with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams.

Over the last 28 years, the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival has raised more than $500,000 for Northwest Arkansas high schools. This year, festival…