Ozarks at Large for Thursday, October 4, 2018

KUAF | By Ozarks at Large Staff

Published October 4, 2018 at 2:18 PM CDT

On today’s show we learn about a new service in Fayetteville that will let neighbors help each other by sending a text message. Plus, we hear about a traveling memorial designed to help us better understand the opioid crisis nationally and in Arkansas.

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