The Komen Ozark Race for the Cure is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Thursday, the nonprofit marked the grand opening of its race registration office at Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. During the last two decades, the northwest Arkansas affiliate has given $11 million in local community grants.

Last month, a gold, lizard stick pin that once belonged to Judge Isaac Parker was stolen from the Fort Smith Museum of History . It has since been returned, and now museum staff are trying to figure out how to afford more security.

State economic experts say Arkansas farmers and manufacturers have been left in a precarious situation in both the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations and the tit-for-tat rhetoric on tariffs between the U.S. and China. If China were to impose its latest round of tariffs on the U.S., the state's farmers would likely take a hit. Meanwhile, if the U.S. imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on China, Arkansas manufacturers could experience the same thing. On top of that, the U.S. announced

Michael Tilley, From Talk Business & Politics, tells us about a proposed prepared food tax up for consideration in Fort Smith and about a large office building being put up for sale.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a conversation with Lynda Coon, the chair of the search committee to find the first-ever director for the University of Arkansas School of Art.

Leigh Wood, host of the KUAF Vinyl Hour heard on KUAF 3 at 5 p.m. every Sunday, invites a central figure involved with On the Map to the studio this week. She gives us a preview of the music we'll hear this weekend on the show.

Jonathan Wolff has written themes or music for more than 70 TV shows including Seinfeld. He'll be at the Power of Music Festival in Bentonville this month (April 26-29), and he talked to us about his career making music we've all heard.

A quick Thursday roundup includes another hurdle for medical marijuana in Arkansas and recognition for mid-century architecture in Springdale.

Construction of six new downhill trails for mountain bikers has been underway since late November at Lake Leatherwood City Park. Since then, some residents of Eureka Springs and Carroll County have expressed concerns about the environmental impact of the trails and have questioned the process used to approve them. The project is funded by two grants totaling more than $900,000 that the Walton Family Foundation gave to the Northwest Arkansas Trailblazers, who then donated the services of Rock

The U.S. Census Bureau projects America will become a majority-minority country in 2044. As minority populations continue to grow, they may play a more important role in electing officials to political office. A forum is being organized Saturday at the Jones Center in Springdale in an effort to create more conversation between politicians and immigrant communities in Arkansas.