The Heartland Conference is a NCAA Division II conference comprised of 10 schools including the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. When officials decided they wanted to update their branding, they turned to UAFS graphic design students for ideas.

Central Arkansas businessman, Brian Faught, has asked the city of Fayetteville to sell him a five-acre plot in the Commerce District for the construction of a medical marijuana cultivation facility. The deal is contingent on the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission giving Faught one of the five cultivation licenses later this year.

After a change in the lineup and several miles on the road, the Fayetteville-based bluegrass is back with its third, full-length album "If I Were You." Arkansauce will host a CD release party Saturday night at George's Majestic Lounge.

Rockin' Baker , located in Fayetteville's trendy uptown restaurant district, kneads savory and sweet doughs – with a mission. (Correction: Proprietor Daymara Baker was previously employed with Thompson Murray, now Saatchi & Saatchi X, prior to opening her bakery.)

The Northwest Arkansas Democratic Black Caucus is five years old, hosting a banquet for education this weekend and growing according to the organization's president.

This week Senator Tom Cotton talked with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics about the first few months of the Donald Trump presidency.

Two University of Arkansas students and lab partners are behind the March for Science that will be taking place in Fayetteville this Saturday. Zachary Renfro and Brayley Gattis say they wanted to start a conversation about how science impacts our daily lives and why it is important to keep funding the EPA, NASA and NIH.

For the first time since 2005 the state of Arkansas executed a prisoner.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes the latest on projects under construction around northwest Arkansas.

Robert Ginsburg, from the Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society , says the next few days include jazz inside and outside.