The 479 Show brings you the news that shaped the region during the week with a look ahead to the following week.
Each episode brings you the week in the 479 with news about various government and school board meetings around the area and other features.
We also bring you features such as our Benton County Extension Report as well as our Comment from the Capitol where our area representative highlights the week in Washington.
And we take a trip off the beaten path, with stories of interest around the world.
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.
4 Oct 2026
479 Show - October 5, 2026
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 possible
Our 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..
27 Sept 2026
479 Show - September 28, 2026
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.
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