It’s no secret Northwest Arkansas is rapidly expanding. Smaller communities from Centerton to Jasper are in the middle of land rushes as people creep to the area. This part of the state has a net gain of 30 people a day and its population has grown about 20% since 2010, according to the Northwest Arkansas Council. Stories are reported from the Bruce and Ann Applegate News Studio at the Carver Center for Public Radio.

Route 66 is encased in nostalgic images of neon and roadside attractions. The road has been gone for some time, but there are still families and small communities along the route. Jeff Sonnabend, a photographer and writer living in northwest Arkansas, is working on a project to place a lens on the people—and not the nostalgia—still there.

Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana is still releasing music and still performing. His latest album, Blessings and Miracles, is out and he talks about music as a way to come together. You can see Santana live at the Walmart AMP July 12.

Our final edition of our Summer Reading List is out today with Sara Putman, owner of Bookish in Fort Smith.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision to reverse a 50 year-old federal constitutional right to abortion. The ruling makes way for states, like Arkansas, to ban or drastically limit access to abortion. Reaction from state officials, abortion providers, pro-life and pro-choice advocates was swift.

The Clinton House Museum in Fayetteville is open again. We take the opportunity to visit archives at the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History to remember the Clintons' time in Fayetteville.

Anna Pope is the newest voice at Ozarks at Large. As a reporter for Report for America, she's covering the subjects of rural life and of growth in northwest Arkansas for us. Her first story is on tomorrow's show, but we meet her today.

Nicholas Badders is known as the Voice of the Naturals, the Double-A affiliate minor league baseball team for the Kansas City Royals. We get to join him as he tells us his background, his meticulous preparation, and what it's like to call balls and strikes.

Michael Tilley with Talk Business and Politics gets us up to date on a renovation in Fort Smith converting an old Howard Johnson's to a modern apartment complex.

Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says theater, music, library events and outdoor activities top the weekend list.