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Tourism remains a driving economic force in Arkansas. As part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, Paul Gatling talks with Katherine Andrews, the director of the Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation.

Ozark Folkways in Winslow holds a monthly open jam for musicians of all abilities and instruments each fourth Sunday of the month at 5 p.m.. After a winter hiatus, the Squirrel Jam returns this weekend, and we get a preview from some of the regular participants.

The Cherokee Nation unveiled its 17,000-square-foot drug treatment center in Tahlequah this past week. The center is made possible through the tribal nation's historic opioid settlement fund, and is one part of the Cherokee Nation's amended Public Health and Wellness Fund Act. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said nearly a third of the opioids distributed in Oklahoma in recent years were shipped to the Cherokee Nation.

The new documentary, "You Have No Idea," chronicles how an Arkansas woman advocates for her son after a diagnosis of autism in the 1990s. The film will be screened, for free, at the Thaden School Performing Arts Building in Bentonville Saturday night. Although the screening is free, the Arkansas Cinema Society requests advance registration on its website.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe explores the work and performances of jazz singer and trombone soloist Aubrey Logan.

Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation requiring public school students to use the bathroom and changing areas of their gender assigned at birth. The bill will be put to a vote in the state Senate.

Arkansas is one step closer to asking the federal government for permission to enact a work requirement for residents of public housing. Plus, the City of Fayetteville broke ground on the new Wilson Park Hub, Alamo Drafthouse announces its arrival, Springdale considers a tax continuation and plenty more in our Friday News Wrap.

The band Larkin Poe will return to George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville Saturday, February 25. On tour in support of their latest album Blood Harmony, we talk with sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell from the band about the new release, touring, and more.

The Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center is warning of an alarming uptick in drug overdoses among minors.

The SOAR Afterschool Program helps elementary students at five Northwest Arkansas schools with homework, but also with soft skills like conversation. Tomorrow morning, at the Jones Center in Springdale, many students will show what they've learned during the Amazing Shake.