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A new Netflix vampire movie, Day Shift, includes an Oscar winner (Jamie Foxx) in the cast and a novel way to pump new blood into the genre.

Anna Pope caught up with Kevan Inboden, Chief Operations Officer at Beaver Water District. Water demand reduced since this past month because of rainfall and lower tempertatures. Although university students are returning to the Northwest Arkansas, Because of the area's population growth the distric has seen rebreaking-number of water use, and Inboden said there projects in the works to keep up.

Though not yet back to pre-pandemic levels, traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport is increasing. Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, discusses the airport numbers as well as home sales and a new director at the U.S. Marshals Museum.

Becca Martin Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says there is a very easy way to approach all the things happening this weekend: take it one hour at a time.

On today's show, appreciating water at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership Sanctuary in Cave Springs and the Beaver Water District. Plus, a new vampire movie, the Fort Smith Airport, and much more.

NorthWest Arkansas Community College is celebrating the first decade of its LIFE Program, a near-peer mentorship program with an aim to empower Latino youth and increase Hispanic enrollment at the school by going into area high schools to discuss the prospect of going to college. The program recently received a $432,883 grant from the Walton Family Foundation to grow their efforts.

Today is 8-11 and a day used to remind us to call 8-1-1 before digging. And that goes for a backyard dig as well as much bigger projects.

On today's show, more college students than ever from the Lone Star State are coming to Arkansas and Oklahoma. Plus, remember to call 811 before you dig, a roundup of live music, and much more.

The 25th edition of the Northwest Arkansas Writers Project took place this summer on the University of Arkansas campus. We asked some of the public school teachers participating how writing can help them connect to students. Today we hear from Corey Martin, a science teacher, about how storytelling in the classroom can help students connect to science.

Owney Madden was an infamous New York City gangster. He was feared by rivals and hunted by police. After a prison term he left for Hot Springs and stayed there until his death. This week's archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History help tell the story.