Josh Droll

In Fayetteville, a city of 100,000 people, how much of a hit does the economy take when over 30,000 students leave? Ozarks at Large’s Josh Droll brings us this report.

On today's show: it’s summertime in a college town, how does that impact the economy of Fayetteville? Plus, a conversation with the director of the inaugural Ozark Music Festival. And, the Razorbacks and their fanbase are headed to Omaha for the College World Series this weekend. Our Omaha correspondent gives us a rundown of what to do while you’re there to visit.

Railyard Park in Rogers has been recognized with a Special Mention in the 2025 Urban Land Institute Americas Awards for Excellence.

On today's show, we hear about the city of Fayetteville's new food-foraging map. Plus, after four decades covering high school and college sports, a former reporter still has more to say. We also investigate why the University of Arkansas doesn't have a men’s soccer team.

Seven minutes north of the University of Arkansas campus, along both sides of Garland Avenue, is the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Experiment Station. Though, most know it by a much more endearing name: the farm.

On today's show, we head out to the Farm to learn more about the research at the University of Arkansas away from Old Main. Also, a friendship of two poets— one in Fayetteville, one in Gaza. Plus, the similarities between creating software and music.

Contemporary art is popping up everywhere, even here in Northwest Arkansas with artists such as Christopher Marley, with an exhibit at Crystal Bridges, and Kristin Tordella-Williams, with one in the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum.