Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.
On today's show, a handful of special elections are scheduled for next week across the state for things like city bond issues and school district property taxes. Plus, national adoption month and the legacy of Western swing music in our region.
Ozarks at Large's Jack Travis speaks with Farmington public schools superintendent Jon Laffoon and director of safety and transportation Dean Campbell about the district engaging in a clean school bus program, utilizing electronic school buses.
Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams and the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History's Randy Dixon discuss a mass shooting incident that occurred on July 24, 1984, at the Grand Central Motor Lodge in Hot Springs.