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Culture Chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay has a Durham chef featured on the latest season of "Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Culture Good News Friday: Gordon Ramsay Taps Durham Chef, and a NC Rescue Dog Lands Big Stage Role

Our weekly roundup of good news in North Carolina finds some locals taking up space on the national stage this week. Plus: A NC medical researcher is pioneering a life-saving treatment. 

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell June 2, 2023 7:00 am EDT
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Culture 6 Must-Visit North Carolina Beaches That Are Wheelchair-Accessible

Beaches are for everyone. Here’s how you can take advantage of North Carolina’s beautiful beaches if you have mobility issues. 

Vanessa Infanzon Vanessa Infanzon June 1, 2023 1:09 pm EDT
Culture Bicyclists in the Tour De Fat bicycle parade in Idaho in 2016. New Belgium Brewing has moved operations into North Carolina. It's one of our picks for best trail-adjacent breweries to hit up in NC. (Shutterstock)
Culture 7 North Carolina Towns That Are Perfect for Biking to a Brewery

Take advantage of the 'Year of the Trail' in North Carolina -- and our state's thriving brewery culture -- by biking to these trail-adjacent breweries. 

Emily Krauser Emily Krauser May 31, 2023 2:13 pm EDT
Culture The NC Zoo has opened a new $5.2 million habitat for their hamadryas baboons. (Shutterstock)
Culture Good News Friday: Baboons, Babies, and a North Carolina Teen’s Art Could Make Google’s Home Page

The NC Zoo shows off a habitat meant to mimic baboons’ natural habitat. Plus: A NC teen’s prize-winning doodle could make Google’s homepage.

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell May 26, 2023 11:22 am EDT
Culture North Carolina is finally getting a Wawa, the popular convenience store chain. (Shutterstock)
Culture Good News Friday: NC Finally Gets a Wawa, And Our Wetlands Are Making a Comeback

Our weekly roundup of good news also has some cool national honors for three North Carolina cities.

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell May 19, 2023 12:35 pm EDT

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Bicyclists in the Tour De Fat bicycle parade in Idaho in 2016. New Belgium Brewing has moved operations into North Carolina. It's one of our picks for best trail-adjacent breweries to hit up in NC. (Shutterstock) Culture 7 North Carolina Towns That Are Perfect for Biking to a Brewery
Graphic by Francesca Daly, Photograph courtesy of Crystina Halcyon Abortion ‘More Women Are Going to Die’: NC Women Speak Out Against 12-Week Abortion Ban
FILE - President Joe Biden signs into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) Health Here’s How the Biden Administration Has Tackled The Mental Health Crisis
Rep. Jeffrey McNeely asked Rep. Abe Jones—who graduated near the top of his class at Harvard Law School and served nearly 20 years as an N.C. Superior Court judge —if he got into Harvard because he was Black. General Assembly Two NC Republicans Lose Leadership Posts Over Racist Comments
Culture Three teenagers made the exciting discovery of a 1,000-year-old canoe in Lake Waccamaw this year. The canoe has been recovered by the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe. (Image via The Life of Bryan on Flickr)
Culture Good News Friday: An Exciting Discovery for NC’s Native American History

Our weekly roundup of good news includes an historic finding for NC’s Native American history, and more hope for the red wolves.  

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell May 12, 2023 1:53 pm EDT
Culture North Carolina native J. Cole in concern in 2015. Cole's Dreamville Festival is one of our favorite ways to see live music again. (Photo by Robb D. Cohen/Invision/AP)
Culture Get Lost in Live Music Again at These 6 North Carolina Spots

Here are the 6 best ways to see live music in NC, combining great music, great sound quality, and great vibes.

Billy Ball Billy Ball May 11, 2023 5:45 pm EDT