Throughout November, Ozarks at Large is participating in the Purple Project for Democracy , a nonpartisan campaign that explores civics, government and public service. Today we speak with Jennifer Price, director of elections for Washington County, about accepted forms of identification.

A housing report commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation and carried out by Enterprise Community Partners sums up the challenges of finding, building and retaining affordable housing in Northwest Arkansas. It also includes action items and recommendations that could ease the problem.

The Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs is among the oldest annual events in the region. Becca Martin Brown, with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says the 2019 version is robust.

The candidate filing period in Arkansas opened at noon Monday and lasts through early next week.

Vivan Ibrahim, Associate Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies at the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi, is delivering a lecture this evening about the Coptic minority in Egypt at the University of Arkansas in Gearhart Hall, Room 26. She provides a preview of her lecture.

On today’s show we begin a month-long exploration of democracy, government and public service as we start our participation in the Purple Project for Democracy. Plus, the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is exhibiting memorabilia from the national crossbow tournament, a medieval-themed festival held in Madison County sixty years ago.

"Talk Business" reporter Michael Tilley discusses the latest news and events in our region.

Throughout November, Ozarks at Large is participating in the Purple Project for Democracy, a nonpartisan campaign that explores civics, government and public service. Today we speak with Jennifer Price, director of elections for Washington County, about how to register to vote.

The city of Cave Springs in Benton County is recovering from an EF2 tornado which destroyed buildings and tore up trees in the early morning hours of October 20th.

November 1st is the first observance of a new state holiday honoring John H. Johnson, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, which created "Ebony" and "Jet" Magazines.