A proposed sales tax in Fort Smith could help the U.S. Marshals Museum complete construction. Roby Brock, from our partner Talk Business and Politics, gives us more details on that, on the success of the Walmart AMP in Rogers and more.

Megha P. Rao is a professional dancer and teacher in Bentonville. Tomorrow night, she'll give a performance, hosted by the Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation, that features interpretations of the nine emotions depicted in the arts.

The $5.5 million renovation and expansion of the Rogers Historical Museum is complete. The project was one of the inaugural recipients of a grant from the Walton Family Foundation's NWA Design Excellence Program. Nearly a dozen projects have received this grant and the museum is the first recipient to complete its project.

After spending years on stage at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, Becca Martin Brown , features editor at the NWA Democrat-Gazette, tells us how "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" has found a new home at Arkansas Public Theatre in Rogers. It's on stage this weekend and next.

Tyler Jordan and Paige Renee Berry are Austin-based songwriters. Although they both normally perform with full bands, the two recently embarked on tour as a duo, playing mostly house show type concerts. When they were in Fayetteville this month, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to give us a sampling of their music.

On today's show, we hear about a series of articles by students at the School of Journalism and Strategic Media that research student loans and student debt. Plus, we get another winter reading recommendation for a dreary December day. And, we hear more about the acquisition of two Fort Smith area hospitals by Little Rock-based Baptist Health.

This semester, ten journalism students at the University of Arkansas compiled research for a series of reports about student loans and debt. This week, some of the students came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk about their reporting and what they learned.

Pastor Clint Schnekloth of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville returns to give us another winter reading suggestion. His latest book is Playing Changes - Jazz for the New Century by Nate Chinen.

Home sales are up slightly in northwest Arkansas so far in 2018. In today's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, we get some numbers. Plus, we hear from Troy Wells, CEO of Little Rock based Baptist Health, about the process of acquiring Sparks Health Systems in Fort Smith and Van Buren.

Former state legislator Jim House died last week on his farm in Washington County. We hear from some of House's friends and colleagues about his life and career.