This Saturday: MrBeast Swarm Jet build at Lowe's — July 25, sessions 10 a.m.–1 p.m. The $14.98 kit is your ticket (jet build + badge + Swarm collectible). Limited spots — register with a free MyLowe's account. Arkansas Home Show — Sept. 26–27, Rogers Convention Center; free passes online, $10 at the door, free parking. Washington County Fair — Aug. 25–29, 2537 N. McConnell Ave., Fayetteville: $5 gate ($7.50 card), kids 5 and under free, free parking, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. daily. Free kids' builds — Home Depot Kids Workshop, first Saturday monthly (next: Aug. 1, 9 a.m., free); Lowe's Paw Patrol build Aug. 15. AGC Arkansas NWA — PMDP class starts Aug. 3 online, lunch-and-learn Aug. 11, flagger certification Aug. 17–18; Arkansas employers can apply for state Office of Skills Development grants that fund training like this. NWACC fall term — register by Aug. 21. Arkansas HVACr Academy — evening HVAC classes start Aug. 24 in Springdale. XNA has $109M+ out for bid — Western Concourse bids run July–August, plus hotel and convenience-store RFPs. Always confirm dates with the organizer before you go.

Arkansas licenses most trade work. Check any contractor free: Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board — labor.arkansas.gov. Plumbers & HVACR license lookup — healthy.arkansas.gov. Electricians — labor.arkansas.gov (electrical licensing).

SWEPCO home programs — swepco.com/save/residential/programs. Ozarks Electric rebates — ozarksecc.com/rebate-forms. Carroll Electric — carrollecc.com. Black Hills Energy (gas) — blackhillsenergy.com. Free weatherization for income-qualified homes in Washington and Benton counties — cscdc.net/weatherization or (479) 785-2303.

Fayetteville: free drop-off every Thursday, 8 a.m.–1 p.m., at S. Happy Hollow Rd. and 15th St. — fayetteville-ar.gov/748. Washington County year-round centers (Prairie Grove and Springdale) — bostonmountain.org. Benton County drop-offs in Centerton, Rogers, and Siloam Springs — bentoncountyrecycles.org.

Fayetteville Public Library's Center for Innovation: free Fab Lab, laser cutters, and 3D printing — faylib.org/innovation. Home Depot Kids Workshop, first Saturday monthly (next: Aug. 1, 9 a.m., free). Lowe's Kids Club. UA Cooperative Extension classes — uaex.uada.edu.

Fayetteville — fayetteville-ar.gov. Springdale — springdalear.gov. Rogers — rogersar.gov. Bentonville — bentonville.ar.gov. Siloam Springs — siloamsprings.com.

AGC Arkansas training calendar — agcar.net/events. Arkansas HVACR Association — arhvacr.org. NWACC trades & apprenticeships — nwacc.edu. Arkansas HVACr Academy in Springdale — arkansashvac.net. Habitat ReStores in Fayetteville and Bentonville — habitatnwa.org. XNA open bids & RFPs — Western Concourse, hotel, and convenience-store projects. State training grants — Arkansas employers can apply to the Office of Skills Development to cover class costs.