When the Fort Smith-based, jazz fusion trio Escape Tones first visited our studio last November, they wrote two brand new songs just for the occasion. Nearly a year later, both songs, “Do You” and “Not Again,” have ended up on the group’s new EP “Dead Pixels.”

Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says there is a love story happening on the stage in the King and I, opening next week at the Walton Arts Center. There is also a Fayetteville-based love story off the stage, too.

Michael Tilley with Talk Business and Politics discusses three separate stories about jobs in northwest Arkansas. Simmons is adding, Sam's and Tyson are trimming.

A new innovation, co-working hub in downtown Fayetteville opens tomorrow. We hear about the center from Clete Brewer as part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report .

Over the last 28 years, the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival has raised more than $500,000 for Northwest Arkansas high schools. This year, festival organizers have made a one-time commitment to distribute up to $20,000 to local junior high schools.

There are chances to catch almost every genre of popular music, from reggae to metal and electronic to country, throughout the region during the next few days.

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission will seek more than 32-million dollars from a federal transportation fund to help finish a stretch of Interstate 49 across a state line.

In an effort to better inform the public about all of the services it provides, the Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas is hosting a series of tours at its emergency shelters in Bentonville and Fayetteville.

A Thursday roundup: Simmons will build in Benton County, Panhandling legislation blocked and craft beer in XNA recognized.

Thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation , the official charity of America’s national parks, thousands of Arkansas Ozarks school children will enjoy field trips to the Buffalo National River in Newton County. Teachers who are interested in scheduling a "Day by the Buffalo" field trip can contact [email protected] for details.