Waterways

On today's show, David Sedaris will be at the Walton Arts Center tomorrow night. Also, a new law shifts authority over liquid animal waste management systems from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. Plus, archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, and more.

House Bill 1706, now Act 824, transfers authority over liquid animal waste management systems from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. The measure echoes an older bill from 2019.

An outline for today includes Benton County's application for a mental health specialty court, opposition to an application to spread waste in a part of Washington County, Cheech Marin's April arrival at Crystal Bridges and a new executive director at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum.

A few of years ago, officials from the City of Fayetteville commissioned a study to find the best way to pay for flood management. The study found the most equitable way to compensate for the city's stormwater needs was through a stormwater utility fee.

On today's show, understanding storm water runoff in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, local music performances and conversation with the founding dean of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine from the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Lawmakers advance a bill advanced legislation requiring public school students to use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth. Also, guest Chef Kian Lam Kho discusses his journey of becoming a chef and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for Medicaid work requirements.

Some Northwest Arkansas cities are focusing on preventing urban storm water runoff. This water can lead to erosion, a problem landowners experience, and increased sediment in waterways. Ozarks at Large’s Anna Pope spoke with water experts about storm water basics, its impact and the efforts in place to tackle storm water.

Whether it's from trains or Mississippi River reroutes, commercial tonnage is up on the Arkansas River. That reporting and more from Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics.

Today Pete talks with Jane Maginot, a County Extension Agent from the University of Arkansas, about Northwest Arkansas' waterways and an upcoming litter…