The city of Lincoln’s Lincoln Lake recently received permanent protection. Thanks to a collaborative effort between Lincoln’s City Council and the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, the almost 382-acre park will be preserved for outdoor recreation and ecological purposes. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis contacted the Land Trust’s executive director, Grady Spann, to learn more about what went into protecting the park.

In this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, Roby Brock speaks with State Senate President Bart Hester about what we can expect from the 2024 Fiscal Session.

The Thaden School in Bentonville is expanding to offer kindergarten and first grade students beginning this fall.

The state of Arkansas is now accepting applications for the grid enhancement grant. This funding, provided by the US Department of Energy, aims to enhance the resilience of the electric grid and prevent electric outages in the state.

Michael Tilley from "Talk Business & Politics" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss an ongoing negotiation with the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority. They also talk about declining home sales, locally and nationally, and dipping metro-building permits as well.

Drug advocacy groups are warning the public and Arkansans about a dangerous trend in the illegal drug supply: Xylazine, also known as Tranq, a powerful sedative used in veterinary tranquilizers. It is now mixed with other narcotics, such as fentanyl, which is considered a lethal dose.

Ozark Natural Science Center, headquartered in rural Madison County, has partnered with the city of Fayetteville to lease a vacant environmental study center on Lake Fayetteville. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the new urban campus will enable the nonprofit to expand its expert-led, hands-on environmental programming for youth, teens, and adults.

The countdown is on for the solar eclipse, and the Springdale Public Library is ready to supply patrons with safe eyeglasses to observe the celestial phenomenon. Nina Hodgson, the library's marketing director, said they have thousands of pairs of glasses to give away—many more than when their supply was quickly gone in 2017.

In this week's edition of the "Northwest Arkansas Business Journal," Roby Brock speaks with John C. Davis about his new book on Arkansas' historic partisan shift from Blue to Red.

According to a survey, Arkansas ranks dead last in the U.S. in financial literacy.