On today's show, Johnson County residents hear a pitch from Jason Henson, Arkansas's top industrial swine breeder, who plans to build an 18,000-head swine breeding confined animal feeding operation on the Arkansas River Watershed just outside of the town of Hartman and the Walton Family Foundation steps in to fund a study into the options for the future of Lake Bella Vista and its dam. Also, a round of all things Halloween this weekend with Becca Martin Brown of the NWA Democrat Gazette.
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
As News Director, Michael Hibblen oversees daily news coverage for KUAR. He handles assignments for the news staff, helps develop story ideas and edits copy. Michael isresponsible for starting a news-sharing partnership between public radio stations in Arkansas in 2009 which laid the foundation for what became Arkansas Public Media. He is also a regular panelist and fill-in host on AETN's Arkansas Week, where journalists discuss issues in the news.