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Janet Lee with the NPR Education team discusses the NPR Student Podcast Challenge and how classrooms in Arkansas can participate.
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Representatives of industry trade groups suggested legalizing marijuana would worsen problems for workforce recruitment and safety.
Local Justice, Politics, & Money
Paragould Police on Oct. 24 said that Cpl. Owen Mundy was shot by a suspect who was at the center of an "unwanted person" call at a home on Rockingchair Road on Oct. 18.
Local Research, Health, & Environment
Dr. Cheryl May, chair of the commission, says findings from an investigation of a Texas shooting helped guide the Arkansas panel's final report.
Local Arts & Culture
Arkansas Roots' Marty Scarbrough spoke to Dr. Adam Long, the executive director of the A-State Heritage Sites, ahead of a musical fundraiser at the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home featuring an appearance by Joanne Cash Yates.