Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
Fayetteville has opened an emergency cooling center this week as extreme heat grips the region, while area hospitals report more cases of dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
The West Fork Public Library is the first in Northwest Arkansas to join the American Heart Association's Libraries with Heart, lending blood pressure cuffs alongside telescopes, fishing poles.
Best Friends Pet Resource Center Executive Director Michelle Logan talks with Ozarks at Large about record cat save rates, Gen Z adoption demand and why fostering kittens to eight weeks matters.