Friday the Arkansas Board of Apportionment review the proposed new legislative districts for Arkansas. John Brummett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , offers his first impressions of the maps.

This week's archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History places the focus on the earliest days of XNA.

We end a week with this beginning: a show of support for President Biden's infrastructure plan, a decline in people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Arkansas, and #4 Arkansas soccer loses at LSU.

The first autumn after vaccines shows an increase in sales tax collections in Fort Smith and a rise in people flying out of Fort Smith Regional Airport. Michael Tilley with Talk Business and Politics fills in the details.

The Museum of Native American History is hosting Día de Los Muertos Festival on Saturday, October 30. The museum's director Charlotte Buchanan-Yale and artist Lourdes Valverde shared the history of the celebration and what to expect at this year's event.

Hamilton Center for Child Advocacy in Fort Smith is a secure facility fully staffed by professionals who comprehensively respond to referred child victims of physical, emotional, or sexual assault, or neglect. Formerly known as Hamilton House Child Safety Center, the facility serves children and families across five counties in west-central Arkansas. Hamilton Center is one of 17 federally funded Children's Advocacy Centers operating across the state. Donations are needed and welcome. To report

Yes, there are ghosts and candy this weekend. But Becca Martin Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , guides us to the other events taking place.

Courtney Lanning says even the biggest anime movies usually don't get big rollouts in American theaters. But this week's My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission is receiving a major push. Courtney says the film is wonderful to watch, even with a tepid villain.

In the past few years new age spiritual services have seen an increase in interest - the industry is worth nearly $2 billion according to a study tracking the market from 2016 through 2021. Local practitioners and staff at the Four of Wands - a metaphysical shop in Fayetteville - say more young people are turning to these often misunderstood spiritual practices.

Our top of show includes the numbers from the Arkansas Deparment of Health, legal action taken by Arkansas against a company the state says never delivered millions of dollars of PPE, and a big chunk of Arkansas on display at the Smithsonian.