Every county in Arkansas, by state law, has to reassess property every three to five years. This year is Washington County 's turn. We learn how the process works and what it means for property owners.

Leona Tate , who as a six-year-old integrated public schools in New Orleans, is now helping turn her elementary school into an interpretive center.

Garrett Morgan Sr. was born around 1875 or 1877 in Paris, Ky. He left his home at the age of 14 to move to Cincinnati, Ohio, then later to Cleveland where he worked as a mechanic and preformed sewing machine repair. Morgan’s experience with sewing machines would eventually help him establish his first business, a sewing machine sales and repair shop known as the Morgan Skirt Factory. In 1913, Morgan would open a second business, the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company. He also obtained a patent

Ozark Natural Science Center in rural Madison County offers seasonal day-long courses in primitive skills. Participants learn to make fire, forage for edible plants, and construct shelters. We visit the remote wilderness center where Instructor Eric Fuselier demonstrates ancient firemaking techniques and discusses the rationale for teaching primitive skills.

As both the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas Democrat-Gazettes go through a digital transition from traditional form to digital form on iPads that come with subscriptions, the rest of the newspaper industry is watching the experiment. We speak with Jim Friedlich of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism about the change happening in Arkansas and the future of local news coverage across the country.

The Center for Space and Planetary Science at the University of Arkansas is launching a crowdfunding campaign to purchase a new, modernized mobile planetarium. Space Hogs, a registered student organization, is partnering with the center to raise $8,000 for the initiative.

John Jeter, the Music Director of the Fort Smith Symphony, helps us get ready for The Sounds of Power concert at ArcBest Performing Arts Center Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The program includes Prokofiev, Gershwin and new music from composer Rocky Rueter.

Faced with declining revenues, the publisher of the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas Democrat-Gazettes says he had a decision to make about the future of both newspapers. We speak with Walter Hussman about the $15 million investment that is being made to transition the newspapers from their traditional form to a digital form on iPads that are sent to customers as part of their subscriptions.

NPR Music's Tiny Desk franchise is a media phenomenon. Hundreds of bands and singers have been seen worldwide through the series. The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest is now open for unsigned artists to submit a video and song. The winner will get to have their very own Tiny Desk performance and go on tour with NPR Music. Tiny Desk Founder Bob Boilin explains how this all came to be.

Opera Fayetteville presents Glory Denied , an opera in English about an American prisoner of war. Becca Martin-Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , says the production is a top choice of hers for the week.