Year: 2025

Beaver Watershed Alliance receives $618K to improve water quality and reduce flooding in NWA

The Beaver Watershed Alliance recently received a more than $618,000 grant to expand its efforts to reduce flooding and protect water quality across Northwest Arkansas. The funding, awarded through the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Section 319(h) Grant Program, will provide the nonprofit with funds to complete three nature-based projects. The $349,529 federal grant, along with…Continue Reading Beaver Watershed Alliance receives $618K to improve water quality and reduce flooding in NWA

RWC: A New Club Emerges on the University of Arkansas Campus

A group of runners stand in front of a gazebo.

The local Run With Christ chapter gathers before a group run in Fayetteville. | Courtesy photo. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –At the University of Arkansas campus, students are connecting with their faith not through a church service or a sermon series, but through running. Run With Christ is a new club that has recently emerged to provide…Continue Reading RWC: A New Club Emerges on the University of Arkansas Campus

Your Work Matters to God: An Introspective Look into the Life of Brandon Swoboda

Brandon Swoboda at nonprofit, Workmatters

Brandon Swoboda outside of his office in Rogers. | Photo credit: Caitlyn Shaw ROGERS, Ark. – Brandon Swoboda is among the few men who has pursued passions in almost every job imaginable. Formerly a grocery store worker, junior varsity basketball coach, magazine publisher sales employee, pool cleaner, lawn care worker, pizza shop owner and pastor,…Continue Reading Your Work Matters to God: An Introspective Look into the Life of Brandon Swoboda

Best Friends Share the Stage in “Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem”

From Left to Right: Trey Smith-Mills as Foxy and Edwin Green as Little sharing the stage in “Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem” | Photo Courtesy: TheatreSquared. Humor and history take form in the TheatreSquared play, “Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in…Continue Reading Best Friends Share the Stage in “Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem”

Impossible Route through the Ozark Mega Loop

Three bike riders on a movie screen as the sun sets.

Riders Alex Howes, Malaki Caldwell and Jeremiah Bishop tackled a 300-mile loop through the Ozarks called the “Mega Loop.” Their journey was featured in a documentary film made by Bishop. Its first screening took place on screen outside the StoneBreaker Hotel in Fayetteville. | Photo credit: Chloe Johnson Three bikers, 300 miles, one Ozarks region….Continue Reading Impossible Route through the Ozark Mega Loop