Ozarks At Large

A Fort Smith homeless agency halts its plans to move to a homeless campus until certain criteria are met. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas takes us on a tour of the organization and potential campus.


Arkansas has one of the highest rates of prescription painkiller abuse among 12- to 25-year-olds. Tomorrow's Prescription Drug Takeback Day, with disposal centers set up across the state, aims to reduce the problem.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, November 4, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with Marcos Villatoro, an NPR commentator and documentary filmmaker. Plus, we speak with an expert about the signs of dyslexia.
…some won’t. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has more information about TheatreSquared’s Tigers Be Still, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge’s new natural habitat, and more.
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman-Strauss returns to ponder the solution to a puzzle about baseball players, and put us to work on another.
“Poker Face” by Vitamin String Quartet
Dan Craft, special projects reporter for Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, visits KUAF to tell us about his report on convicted sex offenders living in clusters in Fayetteville.
Italian Consul General Hon. Fabrizio Nava visited KUAF’s Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to discuss cooperation efforts between the state of Arkansas and Italy. Nava is in charge of cooperation efforts in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
“Opening Credits” by John Powell
The two cities announced a plan yesterday to address transportation issues that’ll facilitate economic development in the region.
“Fort Smith” by Art Stamper