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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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Hundreds of abortion-rights supporters ralied outside the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C, on May 13 to urge Republican legislators to sustain Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of new abortion restrictions. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) Abortion Judge Blocks Two Provisions of NC’s 12-Week Abortion Ban
In the latest episode of "Leah Tries," C&P's Leah Sherrell visits a Chilean-inspired food truck in the Triad. (Image via screenshot) Video ‘I Demolished It’: Taste-Testing A Chilean Food Truck in the Triad
Thousands of educators filled Bicentennial Plaza during a rally for better pay in Raleigh, N.C. in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Public Schools NC Teacher Raises Don’t Keep Up With the Cost of Pencils
Irvin Casarrubias prepares to perform as part of the Danza Guerreros de Quetzalcoatl de Durham at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 24, 2023. The intergenerational group celebrates traditional Aztec dance and helps to preserve Mexican culture as its members put down roots in the communities they now call home. Casarubbias, now 18, has been dancing since we was five-years-old. community PHOTOS: Traditional Aztec Dancers Put On a Show in Wilmington