6 ‘good Samaritan’ acts in NC done by regular people
Read six heartwarming stories of "good Samaritans" doing kind deeds in NC.
Dec
2025
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Dec
2025
22
Report: Trash not a throw-away problem for NC, US
A new report looks through America's trash – and the results aren't pretty.
Dec
2025
22
3 things happening in NC: Drive through High Point’s massive Christmas lights show
Cardinal & Pine's weekly roundup of NC happenings is a full-on holiday party this week. Drive through High Point's massive Christmas lights show, party for Kwanzaa in the Triangle, and a world-renowned Christmas show comes to Charlotte.
Dec
2025
22
Opinion: How former Gov. Jim Hunt transformed North Carolina
A lot of people have come to North Carolina since Gov. Jim Hunt left office 25 years ago. They may not know it, but he’s a big reason they came here.
Dec
2025
19
Good News Friday: The Lumbee Tribe will finally be recognized by the US government
After fighting for generations, the Lumbee Tribe, a local Indigenous population is finally affirmed. Plus, high school students unveil impressive aviation project during annual Wright Bros. memorial while a Charlotte couple wins big on Netflix. ‘Twas the week...
Dec
2025
17
Report: NC teacher pay and per-pupil funding are in a dismal place
In a dismal new report, a libertarian think tank finds that NC teacher pay and per-student public school funding ranks near the bottom of the nation.
Dec
2025
17
Video: NC pastor says ICE took a community member and denied visitation
A NC pastor talks to Cardinal & Pine about ICE's arrest of a Raleigh man who later suffered a medical emergency. ICE reportedly denied his family visitation afterward.
Dec
2025
17
Billy Ball Explains NC: Why do people immigrate illegally?
Why don't undocumented people just become ... documented? Why do people immigrate illegally? In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on America's broken immigration system, and ICE and Border Patrol's brutal policing of it.
Dec
2025
17
NC funnels $50 million to Helene repair projects that don’t qualify for FEMA
Many Helene repairs did not qualify for FEMA funds, so North Carolina leaders are expected to spend $50 million through 80 grants in western NC.
Dec
2025
17
A NC reentry program uses tiny homes to house women leaving prison
An innovative NC reentry program breaks ground in Alamance County. By fall 2026, they hope to offer tiny homes to formerly incarcerated women in need of housing.
8 highly anticipated NC restaurants opening in 2026
| January 13, 2026
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New year, new restaurants! From barbecue joints to sushi spots, discover the most exciting North Carolina restaurant openings of 2026.
Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs.
| January 13, 2026
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.
NC commission advances PFAS testing rule for public review
| January 12, 2026
Proposed rules that would require hundreds of industrial manufacturers and public sewer plants across the state to test the wastewater they discharge into rivers, creeks and streams for three types of PFAS and 1,4-dioxane will go out for public comment next month.
Even in defeat, the Carolina Panthers left fans with hope
| January 12, 2026
Here's how, even in defeat, the Carolina Panthers became the "Cathartic Cats" this season.
3 things happening in NC this week: Jason Isbell plays Durham, Charlotte
| January 12, 2026
When everything looks bleak, look to the creatives. This week, catch a classical music performance in Greenville, one of two shows by alt-country star Jason Isbell, or view the lights at Biltmore.