Carroll County

On today's show, construction of the 9,500-acre Nimbus wind farm in Carroll County could start next year. Also, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders visits a Fort Smith Air National Guard Base, and the Northwest Arkansas Protects 200 Acres on the Middle Fork of the White River. Plus, looking back at the state law putting creation science on par with evolution in the classroom and more.

Tracking news of the last 24 hours: Sen. John Bozeman co-sponsors legislation to better forecast tornadoes, a new transmission line is being built in Carroll County and work begins on an expanded Bentonville Public Library.

With the Arkansas legislature on a break this week, Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, discusses the lack of action he believes has been done so far, explains why he voted against the LEARNS Act and worries about how to fund education and prison legislation.

Scout Clean Energy, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, has secured a sufficient number of private property easements along a rugged mountain ridge in eastern Carroll County to build a 180MW wind energy facility called the Nimbus Project. Quietly under development for well over six years, the $300-million-dollar industrial wind array will include more than forty 500-foot tall towers affixed with massive triple-blade turbines. But as more county residents catch wind of the unconventional-sited wind-power plant, opposition is circulating.

On today's show, three newspaper employees bought Carroll County News from CherryRoad Media, a New Jersey publishing company. The employees also purchased the Lovely Citizen, Ozark Mountain Trader and other specialty publications in Eureka Springs. Randy Dixon, the director of news archives and media at the Pryor Center, explains the origins of FedEx. Plus, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet hold auditions at the Walton Art Center, WelcomeHealth officials celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its building and more.

The publications of Carroll County News are again owned by residents of the county. Three new co-owners purchased the company and took ownership at the first of the year.

Arkansas counties in northwest Arkansas are deciding how to spend millions of American Rescue Plan dollars approved by Congress last year to offset impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic. We hear from several county officials, as well as a state official on rules and compliance.

People Helping People, a Carroll County nonprofit, has devoted 30 years to assisting low-income patients pay for prescription medicines. During September…

The Windgate Foundation, in collaboration with the Arkansas Community Foundation, has established a $10 million endowment for the Eureka Springs School of…

Last Tuesday, voters in Eureka Springs decided several controversial ballot measures and contested City Council races framed by economic and residential…