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University of Arkansas Fort Smith is hosting a symposium celebrating the life and legacy of Arkansas author Charles Portis in Fort Smith and Van Buren. Portis is best known for his novel "True Grit." Attendees can dive into all of the author's creativity with a moderated discussion with author Jay Jennings and Portis’ brother Jonathan and other elements of the symposium, which begins Nov. 2.

In early 2020, Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shop headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, purchased Dogpatch USA, a vacant 1960s-era amusement park located in northern Newton County. Almost immediately, crews broke ground for a new tourist attraction called Marble Falls Nature Park. Little is known about plans for the private preserve, but area residents say development of the new park is very slowly progressing.

Texas natives Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood form the two-piece band Trout Fishing in America. They will headline the 76th-annual Original Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs on Friday. They joined Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams over Zoom to speak about pausing their tour during the pandemic and more.

On today's show, a private nature preserve is being constructed on the site of the former Dogpatch USA amusement park in northern Newton County. Also, Trout Fishing in America is visiting the Aud in Eureka Springs later this month for the 76th annual Original Ozark Folk Festival. Plus, touching base with two actors from the cast of TheatreSquared’s “The Band’s Visit.”

In TheatreSquared’s latest production, "The Band’s Visit", language barriers and travel confusion get the story rolling. This week, two of the actors from the play came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to talk with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about their upcoming production.

Today on The Outline: Northwest Arkansas National Airport is a quarter-century old today. Also, the University of Arkansas is hosting the 2023 Razorhack Cyber Challenge this weekend. Plus, the US News and World Report ranks the undergraduate nursing program at the University of Medical Sciences.

A study from the Environmental Working Group examined crop insurance payouts linked to extreme weather are on the rise across the U.S., costing taxpayers more than $118 million over two decades.

Today on the Outline: The Arkansas State Broadband Office is accepting public comment on Volume One of the state’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Initial Proposal. Also, floating harsher penalties for assaulting public transit drivers. Plus, a movie shot at XNA opens tomorrow in theaters.

On today's show, a new report from the Environmental Working Group finds when it comes to farming, climate change is costing taxpayers. Plus, new editions of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, Talking Tunes and Sound Perimeter.

On this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, host Paul Gatling sits down with a partner from Texas-based venture capital firm The Mercury Fund and more.