Wilson Springs Preserve in Fayetteville will open to the public with a unique arts and nature festival titled Immerse Saturday Sept. 7. Hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, the event will feature music, arts installations, demonstrations and interpretive walks.

Alexander Ellis, who performs as Our Man in the Field, is a man of many words, and he's sharing some of those words with northwest Arkansas this week. He recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk with us about his music and his travels

The Urban Forest Axe House in Bentonville is the first-of-its kind indoor axe-throwing venue in Arkansas. In today's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, we hear from Colby Ritter, one of the cofounders of the venue.

A new CDC study finds the rate of naloxone prescription is far too low in relation to the number of high-dose opioid prescriptions. In Arkansas, officials are increasing access to overdose-reversing drug through training, a standing prescription at pharmacies and a free app.

The Veterans Administration arrested Dr. Robert Levy over the weekend. Levy, a clinical pathologist, is accused of working while impaired at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks. He was terminated in April of 2018. 

Nannie Helen Burroughs was born in 1879, and she later became an early officer in the National Baptist Women's Convention. She traveled throughout the U.S., delivering speeches and organizing Black women to be active in their own liberation. She also actively worked in organizations such as the National Association of Colored Women to help promote women's suffrage, and she was active in speaking out against lynching, employment discrimination and African colonization. This is her story.

The Fayetteville Roots Festival presents many opportunities to catch live music this weekend, including many free performances.

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