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On today's show, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will decide whether to terminate federal protections for giant ivory-billed woodpeckers. Also, John Jeter, music director and conductor for the Fort Smith Symphony, listens to the Florence Price album he helped create. Plus, tracing the manufacturer's Daisy BB Guns from its beginnings in Michigan to present day Northwest Arkansas, and more.

Daisy BB Guns have been made in Rogers for decades. For this week's Pryor Center Profile, Randy Dixon helps us trace the manufacturers' origins in Michigan to present day in Northwest Arkansas.

On today's show, three newspaper employees bought Carroll County News from CherryRoad Media, a New Jersey publishing company. The employees also purchased the Lovely Citizen, Ozark Mountain Trader and other specialty publications in Eureka Springs. Randy Dixon, the director of news archives and media at the Pryor Center, explains the origins of FedEx. Plus, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet hold auditions at the Walton Art Center, WelcomeHealth officials celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its building and more.

Our latest batch of archives from the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History help us trace how FedEx got a start in Arkansas.

On today's show, the "We are Cherokee: Cherokee Freedmen and the Right to Citizenship" exhibition opens in Tahlequah. Plus, learning about Eliza Jane Ashley, was the executive chef at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion for 35 years. Plus, the musical comedy "Tootsie" opens at the Walton Arts Center tomorrow, and more.

We begin a brand new year of studying archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. This week, Randy Dixon helps us learn more about Eliza Jane Ashley, the executive chef at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion for more than 35 years.

On today's show, the Pryor Center Profile highlights the Cate Brothers, and Middle-earth interpretation of a 1,000-year-old poem. Also, Teresa Turk, a Fayetteville City Council member, proposed an amendment to the city's graffiti code. Plus, hours after the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack made four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump, the Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney spoke at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

The Cate Brothers have been playing together for about 65 years. They toured with The Band, opened for Queen, toured Japan twice, appeared twice on Midnight Special, showed up with Levon Helm on SCTV and shared the American Bandstand stage with Dick Clark. But they always came back home. This week's Pryor Center Profile places a spotlight on the Cates.

On today's episode, a plan to improve Arkansas' future of mobility. The final chapter of the Whitewater investigation from the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History's archives. Plus, breaking down the federal Respect for Marriage Act and more.

We use archives from the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History to follow the last threads of the Whitewater investigation from the 1990s. We hear from Ken Starr, President Bill Clinton and others.