Former customers of Bear State Bank will soon become customers of Arvest Bank. In today's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, we hear from Michelle Fittro of Arvest Bank to learn about the customer transition. We also hear about a new commercial development near Arvest Ballpark in Springdale.

The Tony-winning musical Once has one more weekend of production in Fayetteville. This week, before Tuesday's night performance, we talked with the two lead actors about their work in Once that has them acting, singing, playing instruments and more.

Wild hogs root up pastures and forests across Arkansas. Kenneth Wallen, a research scientist at the Arkansas Forest Resources Center this summer conducted a survey to measure the scope of damage and landowners' experiences dealing with feral swine . Results will help inform the public as well as the Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force, established in 2017 by the Arkansas legislature.

This week, the City of Fayetteville and University of Arkansas launched northwest Arkansas’ first bike share system, which will be operated by VeoRide . The bikes will be parked in and around downtown, along city trails, the U of A campus and various other locations across the city. For more information about how to access the bikes, click here.

Fayetteville city leaders are looking at the future of Highway 71B, or College Avenue, as residents become interested in alternative transportation methods. The public input portion of the process has begun with a survey of the ways people use the corridor. There will also be focus groups and design sessions through the end of the year and into 2019 when the master plan will go before the City Council.

On today’s show, Fayetteville city leaders are thinking about the future of cars and people on busy Highway 71B in Fayetteville. Plus, more bikes are rolling across Fayetteville, now that a bike share program has begun operation. And the musical Once has another weekend at TheatreSquared.

A malaphor is a combination of malaprop and metaphor. You don't have to be a scientific rocket to have fun with the Militant Grammarian when discussing malaphors.

In 1977, the National Women's Conference in Houston and a competing event in the same city set the stage for what became a deep divide between the country's political parties. Marjorie J. Spruill writes about those events, and their legacies, in her book, Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics .

Pinchas Zukerman has a pair of Grammy Awards, has conducted world-class orchestras, directed top-tier festivals and teaches at the Manhattan School of Music. The Zukerman Trio will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at Walton Arts Center.

A guitar virtuoso, indie rock, and the return of an old local favorite are all musical options for the coming weekend. Friday, September 21 Laurence Juber at Sunrise Stage (Fayetteville) - $27, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Mountain Sprout at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $8 adv., $10 day of, 9:30 p.m. Mirror Fields, space4lease at Smoke and Barrel Tavern (Fayetteville) - $5, 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Foggy Bobcat at Black Apple Crossing (Springdale) - 8 to 10 p.m. Nathan Bryce and Loaded Dice at Chelsea