In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Today on In Focus, as weather forecaster predict an above normal hurricane season, NPR investigative journalist Laura Sullivan recounts her experience covering Hurricane Helene last September.

Troy Public Radio is launching a new program at 12:40 on Mondays: TPR Podcast Presents. Carolyn Hutcheson sat down with Troy Public Radio's Podcast Program Manager Austin Toy to find out more.

Todd Stacy, host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, joins In Focus for the weekly Newswrap.

In honor of Flag Day June 14th, In Focus brings you aninterview from the summer of 2024 with two LieutenantColonel instructor pilots at Maxwell Air Force Base. Theydiscussed the new Grey Wolf helicopter and its missionto protect the U.S. Northern Tier missile sites.

On August 24, 2021, Meredith Eberhart, whose trail nameis Nimblewill Nomad, became the oldest person at age 83to hike the Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Maineto Georgia. In Focus brings you his interview atop FlaggMountain, as the crowd welcomed him home.

In an interview from 2020, Jonathan Hillman discussesChina's Belt and Road Initiative. Hillman's book, "TheEmperor's Road: China and the Project of the Century,"reveals China's ambitious blueprint for world influence.

On the Newswrap, Todd Stacy, host of APT's Capitol Journal, discusses Washington politics, including a proposed cut to CPB funding for public television and public radio. His Wildcard is about an airline passenger carrying an edible, "handbag" through the TSA checkpoint.

As you make your summer travel plans, the Better Business Bureau is alerting passenger waiting at airports about a new scam.

Historical archaeologist Linda Derry, tells stories about Alabama's first permanent state capital, Old Cahawba, which is now a ghost town.

For people who love historical markers, a new tool is at their fingertips, and Troy University professor Martin Olliff explains how it helps their travel plans.