KUAF 91.3 FM

KUAF, an NPR member station and news site, serves a 14-county area in northwest Arkansas, northeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Missouri with more than 600,000 residents. Its coverage area includes rural areas, and areas that are home to four Fortune 500 companies and some of the fastest growing communities in the country.

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Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Beat: Booming growth and its effects on northwest Arkansas

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Northwest Arkansas is growing rapidly and major corporations are fueling the growth—four Fortune 500 companies in a two-county area, and a constellation of vendors and smaller companies as a result. This reporter covers how these corporations' decisions affect residents, employees, the environment, the economy and more.

Reporter: Anna Pope