Cities balance updating water systems, expanding services

By Kyle Kellams,

Anna Pope

Published June 27, 2023 at 4:33 PM CDT

On today's show, the Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Council is launching the State of Black NWA Census project. Also, aging water infrastructure causes millions of gallons of water to be lost, a new episode of I Am Northwest Arkansas and more.

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