479 Show - August 3, 2026

Coming up on this week's episode, the end of the month saw the Bella Vista City Council play to a packed room due to the interest over the short-term rental proposal that would increase the number of permits. In other news, the Rogers City Council presented its bond referendum request while the Springdale City Council left the vacant seat in their membership run for another couple of weeks, the Bentonville City Council approved administrative fees for people not mowing their grass and progress on the future Ramay Junior High School cleared another hurdle when the Washington County Circuit Court dismissed an appeal intended to stop it.Arkansas election laws were on the spotlight as the two sides in the legal battle over laws intended to combat petition fraud or improve direct democracy depending on which side of the fence one is standing made their arguments in U.S. District Court while the Secretary of State rejected the petitions filed by one advocacy group in support of a constitutional amendment tossing out the new laws. Municipal campaign season got started with the opening of the one-week filing period while the race for Benton County Judge took an unexpected turn into the county jail.Our Benton County Extension report gives parents tips on food safety as their children return to school.And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Bakersfield, California, where a former college basketball assistant will have the chance to coach a prison team after he pleaded to supplementing his income the old-fashioned way....as a patron of the tarts.