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Today on The Outline: Fayetteville City Council voted unanimously to approve more than a million dollars in funding to 7hills Homeless Center. Also, Mercy Hospital Northwest and Mercy Fort Smith are joining with more than 30 other hospitals in the state to form the Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative. Plus, prescription fills of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone have tripled in the state.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was recently awarded a $1 million grant to create a statewide naloxone training program on how to use the drug to prevent opioid overdoses.

On today's show, an education effort from the Runway Group and the Arkansas Farm Bureau highlights bicycle safety on rural roads. Plus, gravel cycling's recent rise in popularity and the unsafe road conditions forcing cyclists off the streets. Also, the Startup Crawl returns in September and how audio giant Klipsch got its start in Arkansas.

Today on The Outline, KUAF's broadcast area is under an excessive heat warning today. Also, Arkansas law enforcement officers receive 15,000 Naloxone kits and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he can participate in the first GOP primary debate this week.

Today on The Outline: Tyson Foods announces facility closures after reporting a quarterly net-income loss. Also, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders names the next Chief Fiscal Officer and Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Plus, Arkansas soccer is in the top 10.

The lawsuit between Oklahoma and poultry companies will go into mediation, extending the long court case again. Also, Walmart is planning to break ground a beef packaging facility in Kansas, and more.

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.

As ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson notes, overdoses and opioid-induced deaths reached new highs over the course of the pandemic in Arkansas. Advocacy groups Speak Up About Drugs and Can You See Me Now organized a rally outside the Washington County Coroner's office in September to shed light on the epidemic.

The Cherokee nation hit two major miles stones last week - settling the largest law suit for a tribal government in the United States and reaching 400,000…

According to a new data brief from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, the number of Arkansans receiving opioid prescriptions is decreasing while…