Ozarks at Large for Monday, July 16, 2018

KUAF | By Ozarks at Large Staff

Published July 16, 2018 at 1:53 PM CDT

On today’s show, how and why some are trying to reduce the use of a certain plastic item in northwest Arkansas. Plus, a workforce program at UAFS is giving high school students concurrent credit while studying fields like robot automation.

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