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Plus: The latest on Border Patrol raids in NC. Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Today, we’ll begin with some good news.  Researchers at Duke Health may have found something extraordinary among participants in a 20-year clinical trial. In that trial, a small group of women with advanced-stage breast cancer took a…

Plus: A huge conservation win in western NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. We begin today with immigration. In February, we reported that ICE was considering several new facilities within North Carolina. Since the Minneapolis protests, the federal agency has been in the news less, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. …

An unbelievable story in western NC Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Never, ever, ever does the United States give land back to Native Americans. Except for a few extraordinary instances. North Carolina had one of those remarkable moments recently. This week, I took a few minutes to go deep on a partnership between…

Plus: Beach nourishment project kicks off at Carolina Beach Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. One of the side effects of local media’s decline is the nationalization of our news.  We have fewer journalists doing original work covering their communities. What fills the void is social media, television stations, and national websites…

Plus: Yes, a raccoon broke into a liquor store and got drunk Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. If the first few episodes of “Billy Ball Explains NC” lacked for anything, it was holiday cheer. Not a problem for the new one.  This week, I looked at one of our state’s most…

Plus: Bull fighting in Raleigh Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. The big news today is ICE, the federal agency in charge of enforcing immigration laws. Republicans funded a massive increase in the agency’s budget. But their aggressive tactics, including here in North Carolina, have cost them a lot of support in the last…