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Delaware Public Media is highlighting a series of “Races to Watch” with races in the upcoming September primary, as part of the station’s 2022 election coverage.In Kent County, incumbent Republican Senator Colin Bonini faces not one, but two primary challengers for the state’s 16th Senate District.Delaware Public Media’s Paul Kiefer takes a closer look at the three-way race this week and what you need to know about the candidates.

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10 years on the air is an accomplishment, but Delaware Public Media doesn’t plan to stand still.What’s next for DPM? The station’s current president Jane Vincent sat down with The Green with some answers to that question, as well as her thoughts on DPM’s 10th anniversary.

While providing coverage of the First State is Delaware Public Media’s primary mission, DPM is also committed to working with students.Partnerships with the Brandywine and Red Clay School districts have put DPM in classrooms at Mount Pleasant and McKean high schools, and the station’s collaborative efforts with Delaware State University and the University of Delaware have created opportunities to work with aspiring journalists at the collegiate level.DPM co-founder Nancy Karibjanian teaches journalism at UD and has played a big role in shaping the educational component of the station. She joins the show to explain why education is such an important part of DPM’s mission.

It was 10 years ago today on August 17, 2012, that Delaware Public Media signed on the air for the first time.But bringing Delaware its first and only NPR member station was no easy task. A small group dedicated to the idea made it happen, led in large part by DPM’s first president, Micheline Boudreau.This week, Boudreau joins the show to reminisce about getting DPM up and running and what it took to make that dream a reality.

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Over its first 10 years, Delaware Public Media has covered a lot of stories – coverage made possible by a terrific roster of anchors and reporters who believed in the mission of providing public media-style reporting to the First State every day.A group of those anchors and reporters caught up with The Green recently, offering their reflections on working at DPM and what it meant to them.

Delaware is one of only four states in the country without a medical school – a distinction one local elected official would like to change.New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer recently penned an op-ed making the case for creating a medical school in the First State, and says he plans to ask New Castle County Council to approve using county ARPA funds to study what doing so could mean locally.Meyer joins Delaware Public Media’s Tom Byrne to discuss why he’s taken up this effort.

The Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover opened a new exhibit this month.Tom Wilson: Super Realist/Surrealist focuses on the work of the late Lewes artist and in this week’s Arts Playlist, Biggs’ curator Laura Fravel joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to discuss the exhibit and Wilson’s life and legacy.

This month’s Amateur Athletic Union National Club Championships in Orlando, Florida featured teams from around the country and beyond.And when all was said and done, the West End Neighborhood House ‘Above Xpectations’ team took home the gold and the title of national champions.In this week’s Enlighten Me, we meet Above ‘Xpectations’ head coach Antwain Flowers – as well as team members Anaeja Ferrell and Donte Dockery – to hear about their championship performance and what it means.