North Carolina’s most heartwarming stories of 2025
Read this year’s top tales of do-gooders, good feelings, and other heartwarming stories from NC.
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LOCAL NEWS
Dec
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Report: Trash not a throw-away problem for NC, US
A new report looks through America's trash – and the results aren't pretty.
Dec
2025
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North Carolina’s ‘education governor,’ Jim Hunt, dies at 88
Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel...
Dec
2025
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Good News Friday: The Lumbee Tribe will finally be recognized by the US government
After fighting for generations, the Lumbee Tribe, a local Indigenous population is finally affirmed. Plus, high school students unveil impressive aviation project during annual Wright Bros. memorial while a Charlotte couple wins big on Netflix. ‘Twas the week...
Dec
2025
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A NC reentry program uses tiny homes to house women leaving prison
An innovative NC reentry program breaks ground in Alamance County. By fall 2026, they hope to offer tiny homes to formerly incarcerated women in need of housing.
Dec
2025
16
Judge orders FEMA to restore $200M in disaster mitigation funding for NC
“Keeping water systems working and keeping homes out of floodwater isn’t politics — it’s basic safety. This ruling puts the money back where it was promised so these communities can be ready for the next storm,” NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson said of the order to...
Dec
2025
12
Good News Friday: Anti-violence program making a difference in Charlotte, study says
If it's Friday, it must be time for some good news. This week, some positive signs from a local anti-violence program in Charlotte, NC's largest city.
Dec
2025
11
Scientists say the ‘forever chemical’ TFA causes irreversible harm. In eastern NC, it’s everywhere.
The discovery of TFA in blood and water samples raises questions about Chemours’ role in adding to the pollution burden.
Dec
2025
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A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025. Mired in bureaucracy, it’s still a dirt field.
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
Dec
2025
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Good News Friday: Gov. Josh Stein announces $5 million in grants for rural NC
This week's Good News Friday roundup includes big "Giving Tuesday" gifts, rural improvements announced by Gov. Josh Stein, and a major honor for a Charlotte museum.
North Carolina’s most heartwarming stories of 2025
| December 23, 2025
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Read this year’s top tales of do-gooders, good feelings, and other heartwarming stories from NC.
Report: Trash not a throw-away problem for NC, US
| December 22, 2025
Community | environment | Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center | extended producer responsibility | food waste | garbage | landfill | LIFESTYLE | local politics | national politics | North Carolina | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | OUTDOORS | recycling | TECHNOLOGY | trash | waste
A new report looks through America's trash – and the results aren't pretty.
North Carolina’s ‘education governor,’ Jim Hunt, dies at 88
| December 19, 2025
Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt announced. Hunt, whose career provided a prototype for the modern “education governor,” served an unprecedented […]
Good News Friday: The Lumbee Tribe will finally be recognized by the US government
| December 19, 2025
After fighting for generations, the Lumbee Tribe, a local Indigenous population is finally affirmed. Plus, high school students unveil impressive aviation project during annual Wright Bros. memorial while a Charlotte couple wins big on Netflix. ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the state, folks were slacking off at work, itching to celebrate. Whether […]
A NC reentry program uses tiny homes to house women leaving prison
| December 17, 2025
An innovative NC reentry program breaks ground in Alamance County. By fall 2026, they hope to offer tiny homes to formerly incarcerated women in need of housing.
Judge orders FEMA to restore $200M in disaster mitigation funding for NC
| December 16, 2025
“Keeping water systems working and keeping homes out of floodwater isn’t politics — it’s basic safety. This ruling puts the money back where it was promised so these communities can be ready for the next storm,” NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson said of the order to FEMA. A federal judge has ordered the Federal Emergency […]