It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors center...and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in downtown Fort Smith,
Ozarks At Large

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has released numbers that show thousands of low-income Arkansans have shown intent to sign up for the state's Private Option insurance plans. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a report detailing inequality of enrichment opportunities between schools across the state. And furloughed work-study employees at Northwest Arkansas Community College returned to work this morning after a two-day suspension and before negotiations in Washington showed promise.


An effort to improve understanding in the classroom led to astonishing art.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has still more Halloween events to tell us about today.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast comes back to Walton Arts Center this weekend and we talk with the set designer about what we see behind the characters.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, January 3, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: how to make it to age 100 in Huntsville, an odds-defying collaboration between a renown musician and Trike Theater and the creation of the Ozarks at Large quiche cup.
Lake Keith in downtown Cave Springs is getting a makeover. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the six-acre reservoir is being emptied to make way for construction of a brand new environmental center planned by the Illinois River Watershed Partnership. To make a donation, click here.
A previously unidentified organism has a special place on the tree of life...and a name befitting its place of identification.
"Buzzcut" by Lorde
Becca talks about new work from Kathy P. Thompson and Cindy Arsaga.
Pure Joy Ice Cream is based in Siloam Springs and gives 100% of profits to orphan care.
"Honey & I" by Haim
The second production of the Theater Squared season revolves around a multi-generational relationship.