🏛️ BENTON COUNTY voted to pursue selling its circuit court property and an adjacent parking lot at 221 S. Main St. to the city of Bentonville for $4.65 million. (_Northwest Arkansas

Democrat-Gazette_) * The city wants to buy the property as part of its Quilt of Parks project. 🏞️ ALGAE BLOOMS on the Buffalo National River generally cover 40% of the areas tested by the

U.S. Geological Survey in a five-year study. (_Arkansas Democrat-Gazette_) 👎 CNBC RECENTLY RANKED Arkansas as the fifth-worst state for quality of life, citing poor inclusiveness and

voting-rights policies, along with high crime rates. _(CNBC)_ * Most of Arkansas' neighbors also are on the worst-10 list.