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Who benefits from the data center boom? We’ll take a look at impacts on local economies.The economy is top of mind for voters this year. There are so many aspects…What should we be paying attention to?Texas university professors are finding themselves in a changing landscape. We’ll hear about how faculty are dealing with new pressures on their teaching.Abilene’s longtime Meals on Wheels director is retiring after decades of leadership that earned her a national award.The West Texas Fair and Rodeo is the largest event this side of the metroplex. We’ll tell you about this year’s fun.

This is KACU’s fundraising week–and we know that you will hear some stories worth supporting.Americans are tired of high grocery prices. U-S officials are taking steps to reduce the price of beef, by re-opening a cattle crossing that had been closed in an attempt to keep the New World Screwworm from spreading into Texas.One of the best high school soccer players in Texas last year has joined ACU’s women’s soccer team. We’ll tell you why she turned down offers from major programs to come to Abilene.As climate change makes parts of our planet drier, farmers are looking for crops that don’t need as much water. There’s a hardy grain that fits the bill, but it’s not well-known. Will sorghum be a future food source for Americans?And we’ll take you to a Big Country Hispanic Heritage celebration…

The Second World War brought men and women into the armed service from all walks of life and gave them unique opportunities, like flying.Robert Cruit tells the story of his distant cousin, Wade Jr., who grew up on a farm right outside of Abilene and flew in the Army Air Force during the war.We recorded Robert Cruit’s story of his relative Wade Jr. right here at our studio.

The seat for Texas’s 19th Congressional District is open. That means we have two first timers on the ballot.Tom Sell faced a crowded Republican primary, with seven names on the ballot. Sell faced Abraham Enriquez in the runoff, and claimed victory with 64-percent of the vote.Kyle Rable is the Democrat in that race. He ran unopposed, capturing more than 22 thousand votes in the March Third primary.Charles Perry is the incumbent Republican state senator in District 28. Perry was first elected in a special election in 2014, and then won the following three elections without any challengers — until now. Democrat Riley Rodriguez is the first candidate to take Perry on. Rodriguez finished the March Primary with nearly 29 thousand votes.

Ammad Omar oversees coverage of the western United States for NPR and serves as the editorial lead at NPR West in Culver City, California.

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus and Weekend Edition, the Global Music Show - and her job first as Morning Edition host and now All Things Considered host - fulfilling a long-held wish to learn radio.

Before joining NHPR in August 2014, Jack was a freelance writer and radio reporter. His work aired on NPR, BBC, Marketplace and 99% Invisible, and he wrote for the Christian Science Monitor and Northern Woodlands.

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.

As head of NPR's International Desk, Dobson manages a team of correspondents across the globe committed to delivering powerful stories and authoritative reporting on international politics, economics, and culture.