Arkansas looks to change licensing requirements for child care facilities throughout the state. We look at the potential changes and the effects they could have on providers in the area.
Ozarks At Large
The first in a series of meetings looking at overhauling workforce development education in the state is held. Freidns of one Fayetteville park organize in order to potentially grow the large public amenity, and a series of meetings in coming weeks will show what's being done to mitigate the impairment of one local waterway.
We asked a librarian, a book store owner and a writer how they find new books and new authors to read.

Governor Mike Beebe yesterday officially issued the call for a special session of the state legislature. The Federal Reserve Bank released its quarterly Burgundy Book, which provides some insight into the health of the state's economy. hundreds of volunteers associated with World Changers are descending upon Fort Smith to help with some repairs to homes in the city. And the city of Fayetteville recently released a new Web application to help city residents find city information applicable to where they live in the city.
UA Professor Angie Maxwell argues that the attention the South received throughout the 20th century in regards to three particular events has shaped the Southern Identity that exists yet today. She discusses her book The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiorty, and the the Politics of Whiteness with Ozarks’ Christina Karnatz.

A nearly one-thousand mile bicycle journey passed through northwest Arkansas yesterday as riders commemorate the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee people along the Trail of tears.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with representatives from each side of the Cotton/Pryor Senate race. Plus, we explore War Eagle cavern and more.
Gordon Lightfoot brings his collection of songs like “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” to Eureka Springs this month. He spoke with Ozarks at Large from his home. For more information visit theaud.org
A music diva, presidential scandal and more in our history capsule for August 9.
Becca Bacon Martin says a new package of tickets on sale today at Walton Arts Center delivers plenty of entertainment for a small investment.
“Gypsymania” by Frank Vignola
We begin a new segment on Ozarks at Large with this edition of the show. Christopher Spencer, the owner and publisher of ozarksunbound.com, joins Kyle in the studio to talk with news makers and people covering the news. This week the talked with the mayor of Fayetteville, Lioneld Jordan.
“Bucephalus Bouncing Ball” by Aphex Twin
After our conversastion with Mayor Jordan, Christopher Spencer discussed which of the proposals for Walton Arts Center expansion he thought best met the criteria set up for the new site. See more from Christopher Spencer at www.ozarksunbound.com