Plus: NC man dies of leukemia in ICE custody Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have a blast from NC’s weird past and a breaking news story on ICE, but first: Every week, we pull together a few feel-good stories to send you into the weekend with a headwind. We call it…
Gov. Josh Stein wants to make teacher pay in NC the envy of the southeast. Plus, a World War II veteran is finally laid to rest.
Plus: Wilmington’s big port problem Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. North Carolina’s “Port City” has a problem. According to the folks at NC Ports, the Wilmington Harbor is not deep enough. Its depth, about 42 feet today, prevents larger shipping containers from docking. Without a change, the city will struggle to stay competitive…
More than a million people are following a group of Buddhist monks as they make their “Walk for Peace” across the US. They’re expected to arrive in North Carolina this week.Â
Plus: US Senate candidate running from western NC recovery? Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. When you live in North Carolina, you come to think of snow as an ephemeral thing. Look at it too long and you might look it out of existence. But for the second weekend in a row,…
By the time the Army Corps of Engineers is finished, 35 million cubic yards of silt and sand, plus the creatures that live in it, would be scraped and slurped from the Cape Fear River.Â
Before being charged with several counts of murder in connection with a mass shooting in Southport, 40-year-old Nigel Edge had been in combat and crossed paths with a popular singer.
Across North Carolina, communities are organizing in support of workers rights and fair wages. We’ve put together a list of May Day events taking place across the Tar Heel State. In every region of North Carolina, communities are gathering in support of workers as part of International Workers Day, or May Day. May Day commemorates…
NC State researchers who found out what has been attacking blueberry bushes in southeastern NC must now come up with a treatment plan.
According to a news release from the city of Southport, Soloman Banjo, 36, of Charlottesville, Virginia; Joy Rogers, 64, of Southport, and Michael Durbin, 56, of Galena, Ohio, were all killed in the Sept. 27 mass shooting in North Carolina.
