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On today's show, chances are your electric bill is going up. Plus, breaking barriers when it comes to holding elected office, our Militant Grammarian's favorite underused words, and much more.

Anna Pope is the newest voice at Ozarks at Large. As a reporter for Report for America, she's covering the subjects of rural life and of growth in northwest Arkansas for us. Her first story is on tomorrow's show, but we meet her today.

On today's show, a few introductions. Plus, the implications of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in Arkansas, the reopening of the Clinton House Museum, and much more.

Our final edition of our Summer Reading List is out today with Sara Putman, owner of Bookish in Fort Smith.

Route 66 is encased in nostalgic images of neon and roadside attractions. The road has been gone for some time, but there are still families and small communities along the route. Jeff Sonnabend, a photographer and writer living in northwest Arkansas, is working on a project to place a lens on the people—and not the nostalgia—still there.

It’s no secret Northwest Arkansas is rapidly expanding. Smaller communities from Centerton to Jasper are in the middle of land rushes as people creep to the area. This part of the state has a net gain of 30 people a day and its population has grown about 20% since 2010, according to the Northwest Arkansas Council. Stories are reported from the Bruce and Ann Applegate News Studio at the Carver Center for Public Radio.

Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, examines the increase in building in the Fort Smith metro. Plus a loss for the community and the end of a business era in Fort Smith.

The group Responsible Growth Arkansas submitted the signatures for the recreational marijuana ballot initiative to the Secretary of State’s office. The group collected over 193,000 signatures across the state.

In the latest Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, Paul Gatling speaks with First Community Bank Chairman and CEO Dale Cole to discuss the bank's history and growth strategy in the region.

Candrice Jones used inspiration from her own adolescence and teenage years in Dermott, Arkansas to write Flex. The play is about young women becoming adults and embracing basketball and is on stage through July 17th at TheatreSquared.