More than 40,000 dogs and cats have been saved in the state of Arkansas, in part because nearly half of the state’s 85 shelters have become no-kill. Two of those shelters are based in Northwest Arkansas.

The UARK Jazz Festival continues this week on the University of Arkansas campus. Papo Vazquez, a Grammy-nominated Trombonist and composer, will be in residency for part of the week. Last week, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams spoke with Papo over Zoom, joined by Lia Uribe, host of Sound Perimeter, and Ferndano Valencia, the director of the University of Arkansas Latin American Ensemble and percussion instructor.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is providing nearly $15 million to help facilitate 19 different electric vehicle charging stations across the state.

A new HBO documentary about the Oklahoma City bombing uses archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. Randy Dixon from the Pyror Center returns to discuss extremism in Arkansas and how it could be connected to the bombing in 1995.

On today's show, as northwest Arkansas continues to grow, regional services try to keep pace, including animal shelters. Also, a new documentary traces connections between groups in Arkansas and the Oklahoma City bombing. Plus, Grammy-nominated trombonist and composer Papo Vazquez will be in residency at the University of Arkansas this week.

The podcast District 3 explores northwest Arkansas, and a recent episode allowed hosts Edavine and Miggs to talk with Shahid Sheikh, the President of the Bentonville Islamic Center, in our Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. The discussion covers Ramadan, Palestine and more. In this edited excerpt, Shahid Sheikh discusses the local Muslim community and common misconceptions regarding Islam.

A new record featuring songs and music from Pat Ryan Key and Al Halpin, "Stick to Your Guns," is available today. The duo play together on six songs and the music is available now. Pat Ryan Key came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio this week to perform music and talk the new record.

Becca Martin Brown of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette suggests some local happenings this weekend, like Arkansas Public Theatre's production of "Into the Woods" and music from the new John Two-Hawks CD, "Eclipse."

Michael Tilley from "Talk Business & Politics" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss Fort Smith water rates' possible rise, the Institute for Creative Arts receiving $5 million to help finish construction, and a trail that will connect the river trail to Kelley Park Ballfields.

On today's show, we discuss the Muslim community in northwest Arkansas. Plus, Pat Ryan Key visited the Carver Center for Public Radio to perform, discuss his new record and how things have changed for him.