After years of planning, the Bella Vista Public Library is getting ready to break ground on its expansion project. The project will add 6,800 square feet to the current building, and officials expect construction to start in late summer or early fall.

Demolition of Fayetteville City Hospital begins this month to make room for expansion of Fayetteville Public Library. Interior portions of the hospital will be demolished before crews move to demolish the outside walls in August. Construction of the library expansion is set to begin in the first quarter of 2019.

The Tuesday news roundup includes an injunction from a judge on an Arkansas law that opponents say would effectively ban medication abortion in the state and Fayetteville's mayor makes a proclamation regarding ICE’s 287g program during the city’s Families Belong Together Rally this weekend.

Becca Martin Brown, from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , gives us weekend suggestions a few days earlier than usual, just in case your weekend starts now.

The new play "Field Notes from Mother Earth" by Ashley Edwards will be produced as a staged reading Sunday night at 7 p.m. at 21C Museum Hotel. We spoke with many of those involved in the production to get a preview.

With the Independence Day holiday in the middle of the week, we look ahead to the weekend for a full slate of live music. Thursday, July 5 Terminus, Groaners, Witchsister at George’s Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Ginstrings at Kingfish (Fayetteville) - 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, July 6 Howard and Skye at Dickson St. Pub (Fayetteville) - 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The Red Clay Strays at Smoke and Barrel Tavern (Fayetteville) - 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dylan Guthrie and the Good Time Guys at Black

John Brummett, political writer with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , talks Arkansas politics and Supreme Court musings this week, but his regular weekly conversation with Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics starts with Razorback baseball.

Five months after the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, a voter-approved ballot initiative, officially took effect in early November 2016, handgun carrying laws greatly expanded in Arkansas as well, but gun owners who register as medical marijuana patients are federally prohibited from purchasing or even owning a gun.

Scott Hamilton, an Olympic gold-medal winner and author, will be in Springdale this month to participate in a Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer event at the Jones Center. He spoke with us about the July 14th event and about his new book, Finish First: Winning Changes Everything .

A partnership of 13 Northwest Arkansas healthcare and public health agencies, facilitated by Mercy Hospital NWA, has designed and posted a community online health survey where residents can anonymously express their health needs. Dr. Lisa Low, medical director of community health for Mercy NWA, explains how the survey works and what medical providers are seeking. Participants can follow the survey on Facebook .