479 Show -- June 8, 2026

Coming up on this episode, the Springdale City Council Finance Committee had a light session while the Fayetteville City Council and Siloam Springs Board of Directors were somewhat busier. The Planning Commissions in Bentonville and Springdale tackled major developments, with Bentonville approving a significant housing development and Springdale changing a zoning designation to ease the conversion of the former Cargill turkey plant to a Tyson chicken facility. Siloam Springs would be taken to court over its denial of a preliminary plat for a major housing subdivision next to the airport. Northwest Technical Insttitute would fill a time capsule to mark its fiftieth anniversary and the region was filled with Wal-Mart celebrating Associates Week.The Benton and Washington County Farm Families of the Year were recognized as they compete for Northwest District honors later this month.Congress would return to Washington as Northwest Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack presents his "Comment from the Capitol."And our trip off the beaten path takes us to New York City, whose smiling mayor took a historic action guaranteed to enter his name in the minds of children in the Big Apple and could make him more popular than the Easter Bunny, if not Santa Claus.