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Western NC: voices from Avery and Buncombe counties; Helene's impact on voting; FEMA and Duke Energy updates
Rescue and evacuation efforts continue in western North Carolina, with many people still unaccounted for. There is also a widespread effort to get re…
1 year, 10 months ago
A labor advocate helping out after Helene; and WUNC's Scorched Workers series
Charlotte baker Manolo Betancur and El Centro Unido's Margarita Ramirez are among the many people providing food and support for people in western No…
1 year, 10 months ago
Purple Ballot: How polling can get it right…and get it so wrong; surveying the damage from Helene in NC's rural high country
Surveying the damage from Helene in NC's rural high country
In Western North Carolina, recovery efforts continue while relief is ramping up. Co-host J…
1 year, 10 months ago
The latest from Western NC where Helene has caused 'biblical devastation'
The latest from Western North Carolina where Helene has caused 'biblical devastation'
Western North Carolina has been devastated by the remnants of Hu…
1 year, 10 months ago
NC News Roundup: Robinson staffers resign in wake of scandal; Helene heads toward North Carolina
On the NC News Roundup...
We’re less than three weeks away from the beginning of early voting in North Carolina, and the scandal surrounding Lt. Gov. …
1 year, 10 months ago
Small city and town leaders grapple with the challenge of attracting residents
A local reporter explains why young residents are leaving the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, and how …
1 year, 10 months ago
Petey Pablo on his Greenville roots, musical inspirations and keys to longevity; addressing the medical debt crisis in NC
Cooper administration advances its plan to address state medical debt crisis
North Carolina ranks among the top five states in the country with the hi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Purple Ballot: NC Superintendent of Public Instruction race; new book 'Anatomy of a Purple State'
Democrat Mo Green and Republican Michele Morrow are the candidates for state superintendent of public instruction – a position that oversees North Ca…
1 year, 10 months ago
CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen on flu and Covid vaccines; poet and musician Shirlette Ammons on her new album, 'Spectacles'
CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen makes recommendations about when to get your updated Covid and flu vaccines and reflects on her first year heading the C…
1 year, 10 months ago
NC News Roundup: Mark Robinson in spotlight for alleged comments; coast hit with 20 inches of rainfall; down-ballot races heat up
On the North Carolina News Roundup… Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is denying a report that he made racist and sexual comments on a porn website. The floodin…
1 year, 10 months ago