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Billy Ball Explains NC: What Democrats’ domination of the 2025 elections tells us — and what it doesn’t.
| November 21, 2025
What Democrats' domination of the 2025 elections tells us. "Billy Ball Explains NC" premieres Wednesdays on YouTube. Make sure you're following Cardinal & Pine so you won’t miss an episode!Video: This children’s book ‘Dreamers’ is being challenged in NC
| November 21, 2025
Amid a surge in immigration policing in North Carolina, let's talk about the children's book "Dreamers" and the attempt to throw it out of local schools.Video: Charlotte teacher shares impact of this week’s Border Patrol arrests
| November 21, 2025
A Charlotte teacher shared a video about the impact of this weekend’s border patrol arrests on the East Side community. Classrooms were empty because many kids are scared, and families are shaken.Good News Friday: Endangered red wolves find new home in Durham
| November 21, 2025
A pair of breeding red wolves have been swapped for a wolf family living at the Museum of Life and Science. Plus, Helene relief sees infusion of state spending and new fund creates lifeline for classical music industry.Cross-country wolf exchange aims to rebuild critically endangered population
| November 21, 2025
Recently, Durham’s Museum of Life and Science participated in a red wolf swap. Here’s what you need to know.Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans
| November 21, 2025
Federal judges will allow some of North Carolina state lawmakers' gerrymandered US House districts to go on, but this year's Trump-endorsed redrawing of a Black voting district is still up in the air.Charlotte immigration crackdown goes on, Homeland Security says, despite sheriff saying it ended
| November 21, 2025
The federal immigration crackdown goes on in Charlotte, Trump administration says, despite signs that it's winding down or done.Report: Pesticide banned in 70+ countries widely used in NC
| November 20, 2025
A new analysis showed the harmful life cycle from production to application of a widely used pesticide in North Carolina.North Carolina’s top choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms
| November 20, 2025
Head to the best Christmas tree farms in North Carolina for a memorable holiday adventure.Arrest details in NC rebut Border Patrol’s ‘worst of the worst’ claims
| November 19, 2025
The News and Observer reported on Tuesday that one of the young women arrested had no criminal record and fled violence in Honduras when she was a kid.Civics 101: Breaking down plutocracy and kleptocracy in America
| November 19, 2025
Pop quiz, NC: What's a plutocracy? This week's edition of "Civics 101" from Senior Editor Billy Ball on the plutocracies, kleptocracies, and idiocracies we're watching right now.Video: NC GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx called out over 8-week ‘vacation’
| November 19, 2025
Rep. Virginia Foxx, a longtime Congresswoman from NC, bristled over the criticism.
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Good News Friday: Endangered red wolves find new home in Durham
| November 21, 2025
A pair of breeding red wolves have been swapped for a wolf family living at the Museum of Life and Science. Plus, Helene relief sees infusion of state spending and new fund creates lifeline for classical music industry.Report: Pesticide banned in 70+ countries widely used in NC
| November 20, 2025
A new analysis showed the harmful life cycle from production to application of a widely used pesticide in North Carolina.North Carolina’s top choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms
| November 20, 2025
Head to the best Christmas tree farms in North Carolina for a memorable holiday adventure.Officials in Charlotte vow to resist looming ICE, Border Patrol crackdown
| November 14, 2025
As ICE and Border Patrol head for Charlotte, local groups say they are training volunteers on how to protest and informing immigrants of their rights.Carolina Beach nourishment project set to begin in an effort to protect the coast
| November 13, 2025
Coastal erosion off the coast of NC has been exacerbated by climate change, researchers say, leaving local communities like Carolina Beach to take on major beach nourishment projects.Payments in AT&T settlement could total $7,500 per person. Here’s who’s eligible
| November 13, 2025
A massive AT&T settlement could net you up to $7,500 because of the company's 2024 data breaches. Here's what you need to know.New data show Wilmington is one of the fastest-growing cities in NC
| November 7, 2025
NC recorded the fourth largest population growth in the United States, and the Port City of Wilmington was among the fastest growing in the state.Hungover in Raleigh? Try these 10 cures, from food to IV treatments
| November 7, 2025
With Raleigh’s top hangover remedies, a fun night out doesn’t have to ruin your day. Discover the best hangover cures in town.
