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On today's show, making glass recycling easier for restaurants and bars. Also, improving care and education for geriatric care in Arkansas. Plus, considering how we carry our emotions of home through music.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a five-year, $5 million grant to continue to support their Geriatric Education Collaborative.

Recycling glass for many bars and restaurants in the region is difficult, expensive, or both. The Northwest Arkansas Council wants to increase the amount of glass diverted from the landfill and is working with a Little Rock recycling firm to do that. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams has more.

The recipients of the 2024 Tjuana Byrd Internships are at businesses this summer, like Southwest Power Pool. The internships, administered by the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, are internships reserved for Arkansas women of color pursuing degrees in STEM fields, including finance fields. An alumna of the program, Takiayah Mayo, who interned at Southwest Power Pool and now works at Stone Bank, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the program.

April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like a Where's Waldo contest in Bentonville, an historic World War II plane in Fayetteville, and more.

In this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal report, Roby Brock speaks with Hana Mariah Hatta, executive director of Arkansans for the Arts, about an upcoming public meeting the nonprofit is holding.

Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley Joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss headlines from around the Fort Smith area, like Sebastian County's election coordinator suddenly quitting, Fort Smith's city prosecutor's controversial dismissal, the investigation of property alleged to have connections to the Chinese Communist Party.

KUAF’s Mobile Listening Lab visited the Folk School of Fayetteville for Girl Power Rock Camp. It’s a week-long camp for girls ages 8-14 to learn to play, write and perform their own songs. Today on Ozarks at Large, we hear from the members of the newly-formed band MZ MESS: Hazel, Stori, Emily, Milly, Emerson, Shiloh, and Morgan— and from their instructors: Jori, Shannon, Jules, and Milcah.

Foristina Campbell was 15 years old when she ran away from her Missouri home to join the circus. Later in life she was a recognized figure in Springdale. Campbell's story serves as the inspiration for Becky Marietta’s novel, “White River Red.” Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams traveled to the John Brown University campus to meet Marietta in her office and discuss the book.

Last Thursday, July 18, the Baptist Health Fort Smith Parking Lot was filled with flashing lights and people in uniforms. But this wasn’t an emergency—it was an educational experience. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis was on the scene.