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Video: Thom Tillis calls Kristi Noem’s leadership a ‘disaster’

March 5, 2026

The retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis went nuclear on Kristi Noem during a recent Senate hearing.

Video: Thom Tillis calls Kristi Noem’s leadership a ‘disaster’

NC lawmakers express frustration at slow rollout of Helene recovery funds

January 31, 2025

Rep. Eric Ager, a Democratic state legislator whose district was heavily impacted by Helene, said it could be summertime at the earliest before $15 billion in federal relief funds reaches the local level.

NC lawmakers express frustration at slow rollout of Helene recovery funds

❤️ The NC teen trying to end heart disease

August 22, 2025

Plus: More positivity in today’s ‘Good News Friday’ Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. I traveled abroad for my vacation, but it was a delight to see the familiar greens and blues of North Carolina as we landed in Raleigh. As summer winds down, the kids are getting ready for school, the…

❤️ The NC teen trying to end heart disease

Watch the Geminid meteor shower in NC

December 8, 2025

Plus: A snowy scene in Blowing Rock. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. “The Nutcracker” doesn’t have a sequel, per se. The fanciful Christmas classic, however, does enjoy plenty of adaptations and reimaginings. Here’s a local one worth your time, North Carolina. The Charlotte-based dance and performance outfit Caroline Calouche & Co.…

North Carolina’s most heartwarming stories of 2025

December 23, 2025

Read this year’s top tales of do-gooders, good feelings, and other heartwarming stories from NC.

North Carolina’s most heartwarming stories of 2025

Billy Ball Explains NC: 3 dumb questions (and 1 smart one) with NC’s Burnsville Batman

July 29, 2026

Burnsville Batman has been helping to feed homeless people, cleaning up graffiti, and even helping with the western NC cleanup after Helene. Naturally, we had to talk to him.

Billy Ball Explains NC: 3 dumb questions (and 1 smart one) with NC’s Burnsville Batman

Michael Jordan did WHAT?

May 19, 2026

Plus: A presidential hopeful in western NC Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have one incredible phone call from the GOAT, a surfside view at Carolina Beach, and signs of a political sea change in western NC. But first: In 2024, Carolina Beach—one of North Carolina’s most popular vacation spots—was flooded by…