Hugh Kincaid is a fixture in Fayetteville, championing civic efforts. As part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, he talks about his latest retirement and what's next.

A Thursday roundup: Senator Tom Cotton in Senate hearings, Governor Hutchinson on business travel, Springdale earns award.

This year, 850 volunteers will give tens of thousands of hours of their time to help the 11th annual Walmart NWA Championship run smoothly. This weekend, 144 golfers will be competing for $2 million in prize money during the three-day, 54-hole stroke play competition.

Marshallese language courses are being offered in Springdale this August, home to the largest Marshallese migrant population in the world. The course will be taught by Marshallese language expert Melanie Carbine who will travel to Arkansas to meet with Marshallese community leaders on best practices. She will then deliver a free public course on basic Marshallese at the Springdale Public Library and teach Marshallese language skills to interested faculty and staff at several Springdale public

Our latest incomplete guide to the week in history celebrates one of the towering figures in Arkansas musical history. Plus catfish in Ozark and happy birthday, Siloam Springs.

A Tuesday roundup: a call for health legislation debate to be in public, three buildings added to the national register and some quiz bowl champs from Fort Smith.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, is back. She says the passive voice is popular, especially with politicians, but not always the most informative way to communicate. MUSIC: "Mistakes Were Made" Spencer Albee

For their weekly conversation Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics , and John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, discuss President Trump's approach to Cuba, today's election in Georgia and the latest in Arkansas.

A new book, "The Square Book: An Illustrated History of the Fayetteville Square, 1828-2016" documents nearly everything that has happened on the Fayetteville Square since it developed.

Becca Martin Brown , with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, offers us a week full of events. many of them require no cash.