Arkansas 211 is a connection for people needing all kinds of assistance. Two recent partnerships, with UAMS and Lyft, extend the service even further.

Pedal It Forward is partnering with the New Beginnings housing community in Fayetteville to donate bicycles and equipment for each of the center's residents. The bridge community in south Fayetteville, which opened in September, provides temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness in the region.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, brings us Halloween word games, puzzles and trivia.

The last week of October starts with another drop in active COVID-19 cases in Arkansas, a drop in unemployment numbers for the state, and an outright SEC title for Arkansas soccer.

Springdale Public School District is among four districts in Arkansas participating in a COVID-19 rapid test pilot program this autumn to help reduce the need to quarantine due to exposure to the virus. State leaders are also monitoring Thaden School , a private grades 6 through 12 school in Bentonville, which no longer is required to institute quarantines due to having a high vaccination rate among faculty, staff and students.

Randy Wilburn offers new episodes of the I Am Northwest Arkansas podcast every Monday. This Monday, we ask him the questions. And he talks about a new series of panel discussions, Onward Ozarks , he's moderating in conjunction with the Northwest Arkansas Council.

We conclude our examination of the life and career of Dale Bumpers with archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.

We begin the end of the week with a ruling in an ongoing case about a new casino in Pope County. Plus, there is a steady downward trned for COVID-19 cases in Arkansas and the Razorback soccer team has secured at least a share of the SEC title.

Home values, and home sales, continue to move up in the Arkansas River Valley. Michael Tilley, with Talk Business and Politics , helps explain what this means.

Prolific Arkansas artist George Dombek works everyday, ten hours a day, in complete isolation in his forested studio/gallery complex creating his now-iconic watercolor paintings, sculpture and art glass. But on special occasions, he invites the public to come visit. The "Open Studio Fall 2021" event is scheduled over the next three weekends from 1 to 6pm.