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.
Talley Summerlin, who was part of the Fayetteville-based band Be from 1989 to 2002, is recording again and has a new EP.
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers discusses a new play reading workshop at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Grammy Award-winning fiddler Eileen Ivers once had a dream of joining NASA. Instead she went on to win 9 All-Ireland Fiddle Championships. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen has a preview interview with Ivers, who comes to the Walton Arts Center along with her band Immigrant Soul tomorrow night.
The first year of operation for Crystal Bridges of American Art has caused growth in HMR tax revenue in Bentonville, the Rogers Parks and Recreation Department has its eye on some land for park and trail expansions, and the Northwest Arkansas Community College board of trustees selects a new president for the college.