A Friday roundup: Fayetteville Public Library preps for expansion, Washington Regional does the same and two Fayetteville restaurants earn praise for their wine lists.

" Arkansas PROMISE" is a five-year federally funded demonstration project that provides comprehensive workplace training for teens with disabilities. Now in its third year, the project involves 2,000 youth in 25 Arkansas counties. PROMISE, an acronym for “Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income” is being tested in ten other states. We provide a progress report.

Arkansas and Notre Dame football teams will finally meet. In South Bend in 2020 and in Fayetteville in 2025.

Becca Martin Brown, with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , says the idea of a lazy summer day doesn't exist in 2017. Not if you don't want it to exist. She has a schedule of things to do this weekend.

The first class at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine arrives in Fort Smith this month.

Youth Bridge is seeking adults to spend some time with young people as mentors.

The Books in Barber Shops project launches Saturday in Springdale to help improve literacy among some of the area's youngest residents.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a conversation with Wayne Mays from the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce. He says a recent increase in jobs in the city is changing the landscape there.

The spring floods are being addressed in various ways as FEMA continues to establish a presence in the state.

But that's just one of a variety of opportunities to see live music in the area through the next week.