The 479 Show

Coming up in this episode, the first week of early voting featured the Springdale City Council Ordinance Committee introducing a measure to allow golf carts on city streets, the Siloam Springs Board of Directors approving the second reading of its moratorium on data centers and shutting off the Flock safety cameras while tabling any final action on the surveillance devices and the Tontitown City Councill ordering its officials to undergo Freedom of Information Act training.The Rogers Board of Education would have a busy week hiring a search firm for its superintendent that would be the subject of unwanted publicity while discussing moving its high schools to a block schedule. The Fayetteville school district would celebrate the topping out of the new Woodland Junior High School.On the other side of the aisle, voters in Lowell might have been treated to a performance of what seemed to be an orchestra of scorched cats in the midst of their early voting, while the Board of Aldermen in Noel, Missouri looked at Tontitown and Lowell and said, in effect, hold my beer.America's Car Mart enjoyed another week in the newspapers as several of its stockholders got to stepping while the lights were still on.Our Benton County Extension report continues its discussion on water quality as the region becomes more urban in character.And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Talladega, Alabama, where the local racetrack was paying tribute to the most iconic sports movie since D3: the third in the Mighty Ducks trilogy.

Coming up on this episode, the government business featured the update on the wastewater system updates in Greenland, a more successful rezoning request in Bentonville, grant funding for transportation projects in Rogers, the endorsement of a tax-back program by Springdale to allow Tyson to convert its newly-acquired Cargill turkey plant on Randall Wobbe Lane for chicken, and Washington County Judge Patrick Deakins discussing reforms in the purchasing and disposal of county assets to limit fraud, which he hoped might be adopted elsewhere in the state.It was Fraud Week in the courts, as a couple of high-profile swindlers were presented their rewards for their fundraising efforts.The business news featured the third-quarter earnings for J.B. Hunt Transport and the same old same old from America's Car-Mart.Our Benton County Extension report discusses the effects of stress on older adults.And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the local papers reported on a citizen who accomplished his version of the Unholy Trinity.

Coming up on this week's episode, while the heat wave was making a brief return to the region, the real heat was inside a couple of municipal buildings with mayors in Tontitown and Lowell getting flamed by council members, leading to a censure in the former case and a continuing investigation in the latter creating heartburn less than two weeks from early voting.Our crime news ranged from the political, with the bonding out of a former state legislator and sole candidate for Benton County Judge, to the end of two careers for a substitute teacher after the end of his second, and allegedly more lucrative career, and the latest on a suspected murder in Sulphur Springs this past August. Meanwhile, an ex-professor at the University of Arkansas fired over what university officials said were her violent and anti-Semitic posts was hoping to earn a living as a professional plaintiff via the federal courts.There was also some more legitimate business being conducted with the Springdale City Council Committee of the Whole endorsing the participation of Tyson Foods in the tax-back program to allow for its repurposing of its newly-acquired plant on Randall Wobbe Lane, the Fayetteville City Council prohibiting the use of city funds and resources on automated license plate readers, which the Police Department had no plans for. and the Siloam Springs Board of Directors giving the matter a couple of weeks while starting the process toward a moratorium on data centers. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy toured the area to discuss three major projects to help move more people and cargo.Our Benton County Extension report focuses on the continuing changes in the region as more agricultural land is dedicated to housing and commercial developments.And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Douglas County, Georgia, where a diner's attempt to skip out on a Red Lobster bill resulted in his spending the next few meals without any cheesy biscuits.

On this week's episode, a light week of government action featured the Bella Vista City Council and Washington County Quorum Court holdings meetings.Ground would be broken on a new Walton-family inspired STEM-based university that aims to be more than a BIT player in workforce development...you'll understand the pun in a bit...er, in a few minutes.The courts were even busier this week, with the lead story of the week seeing the lone candidate for Benton County Judge posing for more unwanted photographs which would wind up on opposition campaign fliers were there any opposition this year, or should he remain eligible and willing to stand for public office.Creditors allowed what may appear to be the corpse of America's Car-Mart to live another week, but shareholders continued their sell-off in what may soon become a race to get while the getting's still possibleOur feature event of the week was the Benton County Fair, with the KURM microphones returning to Vaughn after missing the last two annuals.Our Benton County Extension report asks our listeners, how do you like them apples.And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Nitro, West Virginia, where the local deer and varmint population had to not only worry about becoming roadkill, but waking up the next morning with one heck of a hangover, or in the case of the deer, waking up next to a strange doe or buck that they swore was more attractive a few hours ago or wondering what possessed them to punch that bear in the nose..

Coming up on this week's episode, the week was busy with the main event featuring the Benton County Quorum Court decision on an immigration enforcement program and potential to expand its jail that hasn't grown since it was built in 1999.Other action included the Springdale City Council purchasing hardware for its information technology upgrades, the Bentonville City Council hearing about and approving transportation projects, the Rogers City Council approving a rezoning to accommodate low-income housing.In the school boards, the Gravette board would continue negotiations on the sale of property it purchased for a future building while the Fayetteville board heard updates on its capital projects and renamed the Performing Arts Center at its high school.The Illinois River watershed pollution case is back in the hands of a Tulsa-area federal judge with both sides asking him to accept a settlement in lieu of his judgment.Our Benton County Extension report previews the upcoming County Fair in Vaughn.And our trip off the beaten path takes on a road excursion from Hulbert, Oklahoma to London, Arkansas, which featured a $1.2 million harvest of Puff the Magic Dragon Weed.