Video: Let’s explore Cove Creek Falls in North Carolina and unpack autism
In this episode, Jennie and her family visit Cove Creek Falls in Brevard and talk about autism.
Aug
2025
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2025
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Video: Introducing a new series on exploring NC nature with a neurodiverse family
Jennie is part of a neurodiverse family in NC who finds peace and clarity in western North Carolina nature. This is her story.
Jul
2025
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Video: Why we can’t take LGBTQ pride for granted in North Carolina
Meredith Thompson of Charlotte Pride, one of the southeast's largest LGBTQ Pride orgs, on why we can't take Pride Month for granted.
Jul
2025
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Video: Dangerous flooding in North Carolina after Chantal
Dangerous flooding was reported in parts of central North Carolina Sunday as Chantal rolled through.
Jun
2025
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Video: Why Pride Month is so important right now in North Carolina
The head of the largest LGBTQ Pride organization in North Carolina on supporting Pride Month in a tense political moment.
Jun
2025
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Video: North Carolina woman on why Medicaid cuts would devastate her partner
North Carolina resident Mary Olson talks to Cardinal & Pine about what will happen to her partner if Republicans in Congress pass hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid.
Jun
2025
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Why NC Gov. Josh Stein wants to legalize marijuana
Most North Carolinians support legalizing marijuana. So what gives? In a new "Billy Ball Explains NC," our senior editor takes a look at the issue, as well as Gov. Josh Stein's new cannabis task force.
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2025
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Video: Helene survivors in North Carolina face financial devastation
Ben Wilson and Natasha Tafelski suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to their home and property when Hurricane Helene swept through their community in North Carolina last fall.
May
2025
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2025 Raleigh summer bucket list: 9 places & events
Enjoy the 2025 Raleigh summer with this ultimate bucket list of places to see and things to do, from free concerts to award-winning ice cream.
May
2025
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How community care is keeping North Carolinians out of prison—for good
After six prison sentences, Bobby Harrington found healing through a North Carolina nonprofit offering free mental health care to the formerly incarcerated.
Billy Ball Explains NC: Who’s really getting food stamps in NC?
| November 12, 2025
Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.
Video: Hiking Waterrock Knob and talking about albeism
| November 10, 2025
Cardinal & Pine's Jennie Ventures takes a hike at Waterrock Knob and talks about how ableism shows up in our society.
Video: What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD?
| November 7, 2025
October being ADHD Awareness Month, Cardinal & Pine contributor "Jennie Ventures" took her family to visit Robert Lake Park in Montreat, NC.
Video: Book bans in NC — ‘And Tango Makes Three’
| November 5, 2025
As a former K–5 teacher, a mom, and a Black woman in NC, I know the power of access. Historically, people who look like me were denied the right to read and write. That’s why book bans feel personal.
Video: Viral stunt by Winston-Salem State cheerleaders rack up millions of views
| October 21, 2025
A hilarious stunt from the Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders has gone viral online.