Jacqueline Froelich
KUAF Reporter and NPR CorrespondentJacqueline Froelich is an investigative journalist and has been a news producer for KUAF National Public Radio since 1998. She covers politics, the environment, energy, business, education, history, race and culture. Her radio segments have been nationally syndicated. She is also a station-based national correspondent for NPR in Washington D.C., and recipient of eight national and state broadcast awards.
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'Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ' is a limited KUAF/Listening Lab multimedia series on the history of Marshallese migration in our region. In episode three, noted Marshallese physician Dr. Sheldon Riklon discusses the unique health challenges experienced by Marshall Islanders resulting from centuries of foreign occupation and twelve years of U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons testing on their remote Pacific archipelago. -
On today's show, Arkansas rice and feeding the world. Also, we continue our series about Marshallese residents of northwest Arkansas with a discussion about health and medicine. Plus, Michael Tilley with Talk Business and Politics examines the past seven days in the Arkansas River Valley. -
Marshallese human rights advocate Benetick Kabua Maddison discusses the continuing consequences of Cold War U.S. Military nuclear weapons testing on the Marshall Islands as well as climate catastrophe impacts, in episode two of 'Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ' — a new KUAF/Listening Lab multimedia series on the history of Marshallese migration in our region.
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On today’s show, a conversation with Zach Arns from ESPN Arkansas about bowl games and the Razorbacks’ chances of playing in one. Also, the latest episode of "Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ". Plus, we hear about the latest news in the River Valley from Michael Tilley and weekend events from April Wallace.
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Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ (Ozarks Marshallese) reveals how waves of legally-present Marshallese migrants have navigated new lives on the Arkansas Ozarks over the past thirty years. The premiere episode, "First Arrival," features Carmen Samual Chong Gum, first Arkansas Consul General of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The following is an excerpt from the filmed studio conversation.
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On today's show, we begin a new series about the Marshallese experience in northwest Arkansas. Also, a projected drop in Arkansas farm income. Plus, Michael Tilley brings news from the River Valley and April Wallace shares happenings across the region. -
The nine-member team, with key support staff, spent two nights surveying endangered bats inhabiting craggy hollows and caves high on the Mulberry River Watershed deep in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich joined the group for this report. -
On today's show, a team of wildlife specialists surveys colonies of bats. Also, Matthew Moore speaks with Talk Business and Politics' Roby Brock about the election. Plus, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has a new four-legged resident.
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eSCO Processing and Recycling, LLC, headquartered in Rogers, captures an ever-growing stream of discarded personal, public and private e-waste from entering and polluting our environment. The company also excels in certified secure digital asset transport and destruction practices. -
A gleaming wave-formation solar facility installed a decade ago along Highway 412 in east Springdale is scheduled to be torn out. A solar expert with the non-profit Arkansas Renewable Energy Association provides context as to why.
