Ozarks at Large for Thursday, January 6, 2022

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Kyle Kellams, Matthew Moore

Published January 6, 2022 at 12:11 PM CST

Welcome to 2022! On today's first show of the year, the latest surge in COVID cases and how area hospitals are dealing with Omicron. Plus, the consequences of increased foreign-owned forest, An Officer and a Gentleman rings in the new year on the Walton Arts Center stage, and much more.

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