Jon Comstock is a professional mediator, and tomorrow he'll lead a discussion about the statue in the middle of Bentonville. He wants the community conversation to be a calm way for people to hear each other.

Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics discusses a new hat thrown in the ring for Fort Smith mayor, a possible historic merger of two medical establishments in the Arkansas River Valley and a new development announced for Chaffee Crossing.

A federal court has ruled that the Cherokee Nation must convey citizenship to Cherokee Freedmen-- descendants of enslaved African Americans "owned" by members of the Cherokee Tribe in the mid-19th century.

On Wednesday, 300 girls from middle schools in Northwest Arkansas got to meet the woman behind the nonprofit organization called Girls Who Code. Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of the organization, spoke to students about how she started the nonprofit and the ways in which more girls can become interested in coding and careers in technology.

Medical marijuana business applications rushed in at the end of August. We learn more on that, and we hear from the CEO of Vendor Masters in Bentonville about the push to put more private label brands on Walmart shelves, in this edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report.

The Southern Region U.S. National Forest Service has waived all campground fees until further notice in Texas and ten other states, including Arkansas, for individuals displaced by the recent flooding in Texas and Louisiana by Hurricane Harvey, as well as Hurricane Irma evacuees. We speak with Ouachita National Forest Deputy Public Affairs officer Terrence Peck, headquartered in Hot Springs.

Yesterday, Peace at Home Family Shelter hosted a ribbon cutting to formally announce an expansion of 16 new beds.

A new state law allowing guns on campus went into effect Sept. 1. However, guns are still not allowed until a training program required to obtain an enhanced concealed carry permit is developed. University of Arkansas officials organized a campus forum to help answer some questions about the law. More information can be found at safety.uark.edu . Video of the forum is available here .

Rock climbing has become so popular, the sport has been approved for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. On today's program, we visit a local bouldering gym to measure growing interest in Northwest Arkansas. Also, we learn how an expansion at Peace at Home Family Shelter will allow it to help more clients and families in northwest Arkansas leave situations of intimate or domestic violence

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, is back with final suggestions for eliminating mistakes in written work.