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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to end a 50-year constitutional protection to abortion, leaving it to individual state legislatures to control reproductive rights, more than two dozen states have enacted restrictions or bans so far, including Arkansas. Experts and pro-choice advocates warn abortion criminalization poses a public health threat.

The Arkansas Legislature's special session took three days. Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, asks John Brummett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, for his thoughts about the session.

The Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit is re-opening in Fayetteville after closing last year.

Beaver Water District broke another record. The district sold about 101 million gallons of water on July 15 breaking the previous record of 88 million gallons of water treated and pumped in one day set this past September. The spike in demand is not only because of the heat, but also because Northwest Arkansas gains an estimated 30 people a day.

A new blood test has received FDA breakthrough status approval that can detect more than 50 different kinds of cancer in a patient. Mercy Hospitals in Rogers and Fort Smith are among the earliest health systems to offer the test.

As more people move to northwest Arkansas, traffic can be affected. In Rogers, a new system to optimize traffic light timing is designed to ease the flow of cars in the downtown district.

This week's collection of archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History helps us examine how Arkansas has weathered past recessions.

The Arkansas New Play Festival at TheatreSquared wraps up this weekend. We talked with Tony Meneses and Michelle Vazquez, playwright and director of the new play Ashes of a Great Fire.

On today's show, concerns about wildfires as the weather stays dry and hot. Plus, the Arkansas New Play Festival, a performance by Paige Renee Berry, and much more.

Our Friday review of news with Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics includes a tribute to the late Cameron Smith and a discussion about the return of bicycle police in Fort Smith.