On this Labor Day edition of Ozarks at Large, we learn about how hundreds of volunteers help the Walton Arts Center function. Plus, fall is almost here, which means it is time for an autumnal book suggestion from Pastor Clint Schnekloth. And, we speak with the author of a biography about pioneer Marie Marvingt.

Every year, hundreds of volunteers help the Walton Arts Center function. We learn more about ticket-taking, school-bus guiding and something called box-office stuffing.

Pastor Clint Schnekloth, the lead pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, is back for fall book suggestions. Today he explains why he likes Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein.

More than a century ago, Marie Marvingt was a champion of aviation, cycling, health care and much more. Rosalie Maggio talks with us about her new book Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger .

Arkansas is one of 18 states that has passed legislation to raise the minimum smoking age . Beginning Sept. 1, Arkansas will gradually raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21.

This spring, the daughter-and-father creative team of Mika and Ben Boorem screened their film, Hollywood.con , in Eureka Springs. They're back to give us an update on the movie.

TRUE Northwest Arkansas , an iniative of the Arkansas Community Foundation funded by grants from the Walmart and Walton Family Foundations, is offering support and training to 30 local nonprofits that are champions of diversity, inclusion and equity to help them, and the region, further those goals.

Mercy Northwest Arkansas' new multispecialty facility is almost ready to start accepting patients. The $47 million clinic will offer primary and specialty care and includes a 24-hour emergency department.

Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster is no stranger to Northwest Arkansas or to music, even though his first solo album might state otherwise. His latest album , Take Heart, Take Care , is different than his earlier work in that it features songs with a more positive message and feeling. He recently stopped by our studio to talk about and perform a few songs from the new album.

Washington County has hired an ombudsman for a pilot project as part of an effort to find alternative ways to remedy the overcrowding at the detention center aside from a proposed $38 million expansion. The man contracted for the job is not new to it. Stan Adelman was ombudsman in 2000 when the jail expanded from its old location to its current one.