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.
State lawmakers yesterday debated on how to spend about $100 million in state surplus, and Crawford County officials say that they have a potential site for a new county jail, if voters approve funding for the project.
"In Now and Then" by Cataldo
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses consumer dept, political filings, Fort Smith permit numbers and more.
The Benton County School of the Arts anticipates a name change for the coming school year in order to avoid confusion and build their community base.
"Battlefield" by Lea Michele
Becca's popular Chinese menu segment includes the following category: history.
Downtown Bentonville Inc. is launching its Notes at Night series in conjunction with First Friday.
"Luck of the Irish" by Finvarra's Wren