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Op-ed: This rural NC town shows how you can build power from the ground up
Jason Dunkin lives out in the country on the same small plot of land he grew up on. When I met him at his house recently, the rain was beating down hard on the metal roof. He looked out the window toward the road. “I remember my dad and my uncles would pick me up…
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The 5 NC billionaires who call Research Triangle Park home
Five notable billionaires reside in NC’s Research Triangle Park, an area that includes Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. Do you know them and what they do?
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VIDEO: Cardinal & Pine’s Leah Sherrell tries an award-winning Winston-Salem bakery
Cardinal & Pine’s Leah Sherrell tried Bobby Boy Bakeshop in Winston-Salem and is adding it to her list of regular spots! The bakery is a James Beard Award semifinalist (one of 9 NC nominations) and while the bakery is getting some extra love right now, the line moves quickly at this local favorite. Check out…
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Good News Friday: A North Carolina college grad is going to space for NASA
Our weekly roundup of good news from NC is bound for outer space. Plus: The NC connection behind this week’s viral feelgood moment at the Grammys.
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This NC roller derby league teaches more than sports. It teaches community.
Three days each week, the Peak Auto warehouse in Apex, North Carolina, takes on this unlikely identity: a roller derby track and training facility for Carolina Roller Derby.
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VIDEO: A Teacher Reacts to Mark Robinson’s Idea Remove Science From Grades K-5
In his 2022 memoir, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson wrote that if he was in charge of education policy in North Carolina, students wouldn’t learn science or social studies until after the fifth grade. Teachers in these grades would focus only on reading, writing, and math, he wrote, to improve the state’s low testing scores in…
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Good News Friday: Who wants to go to a baby shower for birds of prey?
Yes, baby owls are cute. Plus: NC is loaded down with great options with foodies. This, and other good news, in today’s edition of “Good News Friday.”
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10 events, 29 days: How to celebrate Black History Month in NC
It’s a leap year so Black History Month is a day longer this year. Here’s our guide for how to celebrate it across the state.
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Op-Ed: It’s Rosa Parks’ birthday. Here’s why access to public transit is still a civil rights issue.
Systemic racism has many tentacles. On Rosa Parks’ birthday, we remember how access to public transit has been denied to many Black communities. It’s still an issue today.
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Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to a range of cancers, CDC study says
Camp Lejeune’s drinking water was contaminated with industrial solvents from the early 1950s to 1985, and though the study is not proof that the water caused the cancer clusters, it adds weight to lawsuits brought by those who got sick.
