Becca Martin-Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , explains how the singing duo Trout Fishing in America is celebrating four decades of music.

More dentists are reaching out to patients with fear or extreme sensitivity to oral pain to let them know sedation can be an option to help them maintain dental hygiene and care. This report is part of a year-long state-wide series on oral health produced by Arkansas Public Media and supported by Delta Dental of Arkansas.

The NWA Regional Robotics Training Center is a partnership between the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce and NWACC. At the end of the week-long course, students can earn certification as a FANUC robotics technician. Classes begin the week of June 24.

As the population of Benton County and its cities grows year to year, the Benton County Sheriff's Office has begun a discussion about the future needs of its current 669-bed detention center. With a seven percent population increase at the jail each year for the last three years, detention staff say they need to start looking at what options they have for expansion.

Michael Tilley, with Talk Business and Politics , discusses this week's Urban Institute Data Walk in Fort Smith that outlined factors contributing to poverty in the region and offers his thoughts on a puzzling high school conference realignment.

The first Monument Trail opens this Saturday at Hobbs State Park in Rogers. The Monument Trails initiative is a collaboration between the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation and Arkansas State Parks. The projects focus on destination mountain biking trails that merge world-class riding with architecture, art and nature.

Becca Martin-Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , says a circus with a supernatural theme is setting up shop in Fort Smith. She also gives us a few highlights of the upcoming Artosphere Festival.

We asked Katy Henriksen, host of KUAF's Of Note , to give us a preview of some of the classical music scheduled for this summer. From Mozart in the Museum to a classical-themed block party, the music will be almost everywhere.

Dawson Hollow is a five-piece indie-folk band from the Lebanon, Missouri area. The band is comprised of five siblings, who are all multi-instrumentalists. This weekend, they'll perform at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. We hear a preview performance from our studio recorded earlier this year.

Vermont senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was in Rogers Wednesday to attend the annual Walmart Shareholders Meeting on behalf of protesters and workers seeking higher wages and more representation in the company. Sanders proposed a resolution that would give hourly workers a seat on the Walmart Board of Directors and urged company leadership to raise the minimum wage from $11 an hour to $15.