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It's a big week for women in country music — and, it turns out, for women whose songs are favored by women in figure skating.

Ben de la Cruz is an award-winning documentary video producer and multimedia journalist. He is currently a senior visuals editor. In addition to overseeing the multimedia coverage of NPR's global health and development, his responsibilities include working on news products for emerging platforms including Amazon's and Google's smart screens. He is also part of a team developing a new way of thinking about how NPR can collaborate and engage with our audience as well as photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, animators, and graphic designers to build new visual storytelling avenues on NPR's website, social media platforms, and through live events.

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South. She covers the latest news and politics, and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

Meghan Jensen of Mystic, Conn., is among 20 high school students competing in the National High School Recipe Contest in Denver, Colo. The students are vying for full scholarships to Johnson & Wales University. Jensen is competing in the dessert category. Her recipe is "Mystical Orange Berry Delight," a dessert in the shape of a sailboat and inspired by the Mystic Seaport area.

Concerns and changes to the process of voting in America is nothing new. A reemergence of pre-printed paper ballots may make elections more burdensome.

Northwest Arkansas Community College began its athletic program three years ago with a cross country team. Now, athletic director Brooke Brewer says they have expanded the program to include one of the most accessible sports available: Competitive gaming or esports.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics discusses the gains in river tonnage, another flooding of the Peak Center with no response from the Fort Smith school administration and what he knows about the unknown "Project X" project in Fort Smith.

If you've noticed your home insurance rates creeping up in cost, you are not alone. Insurance providers across the country and in Arkansas are reckoning with increasing catastrophic storm damage as well as inflating repair costs.

Chris Wright of Little Rock-based Sullivan Wright Technologies talks with Kyle Kellams about how small businesses can safely integrate artificial intelligence, avoid “shadow AI,” and protect sensitive data while exploring real use cases.

On this edition of the NWA Business Journal report, Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward tells Roby Brock that row crop farmers are struggling with high yields but low prices. He warns that without swift federal action, one in three farms nationwide could go out of business.