The new ICU has 20 beds for patients who are recovering from surgery due to spinal cord injury, brain injury, neurological illness, or a brain event like a stroke. The Neurosurgical ICU is the first new service made possible by Washington Regional’s Core Renewal Project. The $70 million initiative will also include expansions to cardiovascular services and the laboratory.

Residents in Pope County want to make sure they have the final word on any possible casino.

Arkansas's first cohousing complex is being planned by a small working group of adherents. Called Acansa Village , the eco-friendly cohousing community will feature households which are privately owned by residents living collectively on commonly owned land.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a conversation with the creator of The Improv Lab. The lab uses a familiar comic tool in a different way.

Next week's Of Note with Katy Herniksen will include, of course, music from the Malcolm Hayward Music Library, but there will also be words and music from the musicians themsleves.

An honors course taking place on the University of Arkansas campus encourages students to reconsider a public space. It also encourages them to reconsider thinking.

The City of Fort Smith entered into a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 after years-long violations of the Clean Water Act. According to the EPA, the city’s aging infrastructure allowed sewage to go into the Arkansas River. The consent decree requires the city make an estimated $480 million of sewer upgrades over the course of 12 years. City leaders are meeting with the EPA this week in Texas with hopes of renegotiating parts of the agreement.

On today's show, we hear how Fort Smith city leaders hope to renegotiate a consent decree with the EPA. Plus, we hear about connections between the Mayo Clinic and northwest Arkansas. And, we get a tour of live music happening this weekend.

This week's KUAF Vinyl Hour at 5 p.m. Saturday on 91.3 highlights records once housed in the jukebox at George's Majestic Lounge on Dickson Street.

A Wednesday roundup includes approval for a bike share program in Fayetteville, cooperation between Razorback Transit and Ozark Regional Transit and concerns over tariffs.