Plus: A spectacular sight in today’s Good News Friday Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. In the last two years, a funny thing happened at the North Carolina Zoo. Staff at the Asheboro zoo noticed two white deer around the property—a male and a female. This summer, they spotted a white fawn. …
Former president Donald Trump has a long history of clashing with military families and US veterans. The newly convicted felon, who famously evaded the Vietnam War draft, has even reportedly called slain US soldiers “losers” and “suckers.”
Plus: The beauty of the Great Craggy Mountains Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. For generations, the federal government’s refusal to formally acknowledge North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe has been a curiosity. It’s not just the symbolism. Federal recognition of an Indigenous tribe comes with money and benefits. This week, federal lawmakers included…
Plus: A tragic plane crash in Statesville Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Perhaps the most important politician of 20th-century North Carolina has died. The family of former Gov. Jim Hunt said Thursday that Hunt passed away at the age of 88. Hunt, who was sometimes referred to as “the education governor,”…
During his term in office, Trump not only gutted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the law, he weakened PFAS safeguards, allowing the contamination crisis to deepen across the country, including here in North Carolina.
An old meme about Superman advocating for diversity in America is making the rounds on the internet, just in time for an election that, once again, centers on Donald Trump’s vision of a white, Christian, anti-immigrant America.
Dozens of former Trump administration officials — including his former VP Mike Pence, former Chief of Staff John Kelly, and two of his former defense secretaries — have denounced the Republican nominee, with many instead endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
NC Democrats flipped Republican mayoral offices and several seats on city councils on Tuesday, but what does that mean for the next election? Here are some takeaways about what the results could mean moving forward.
ICE raids in North Carolina have created a climate of fear in the immigrant community, says one NC woman who joined recent ‘No Kings’ protests.
Thousands of North Carolina residents poured onto the streets of Charlotte on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s attacks on key programs that many of them rely on, and to call on NC Sen. Thom Tillis to protect his constituents.
