Rebecca Martinez
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Bill Overturning Bar Closures By Cooper Clears N.C. Senate
North Carolina legislators are wading into Gov. Roy Cooper's business reopening decisions, as the state Senate voted Thursday to let bars serve customers → Read More
New Photo Book Offers Glimpse Into 'The Heart Of A Boy'
Do you have a piece of wisdom you wish you could share with your younger self? A new book from photographer Kate T. Parker contains 200 vibrant portraits → Read More
Beer and Women: UNCG History Project Celebrates An NC Tradition
When you imagine someone who brews beer for a living, who do you picture? A chill guy in jeans and a baseball cap? He's probably white, maybe he has a → Read More
Shrimping Industry Booms As Harvest Region Moves North
The shrimping industry is booming as more of the crustaceans are being harvested farther north and later in the season. → Read More
Therapeutic Gardens Coming Soon To Some Juvenile Detention Centers
Horticulture students have designed therapeutic gardens for juvenile detention centers in Chatham and Cumberland Counties. Now they're raising money to → Read More
Criminal: Shadowing Sheila
When Sheila Wysocki decided that she would solve the murder of her college roommate, she had no idea that it would lead to a life of private investigation. → Read More
'All Carrots And No Sticks': Wake Commissioners Consider Living Wage Incentive
Businesses that set up shop in poor parts of Wake County could soon receive financial incentives, provided they pay employees a living wage. That means → Read More
Fewer Crab Pots Found In NC Coastal Waters This Year
Commercial fishermen retrieved 3,500 lost crab pots from coastal waters this winter. Storms and boating can cause buoys to separate from these wire cages, → Read More
Vidant Health App Eases Remote Access To Doctors
Vidant Health has a new app that allows North Carolinians to see a doctor whenever they want. The Vidant Now app allows a user to connect instantly with a → Read More
Officials Ask Public To Turn In Old Prescriptions
The North Carolina Department of Insurance is encouraging everyone to do some spring cleaning in their medicine cabinets. Operation Medicine Drop is → Read More
Report: Nearly Half Of All Adults In NC Born Outside The State
Nearly half of all adults in North Carolina were born outside the state, according to an analysis by the Carolina Population Center. → Read More
Duke Energy Commits $500K To Help Replace Wood-Burning Stoves
Duke Energy has committed $500,000 to help replace inefficient wood-burning stoves in Western North Carolina. → Read More
Durham Schools Votes To Make Custodians School Employees Again
The Durham Board of Education has voted to make custodians Durham Public Schools employees once again. This means ending its contract with an outsource → Read More
Elon Poll: NC Teachers Don't Want State To Arm Their Colleagues
North Carolina teachers do not want their colleagues — not even trained ones — to carry guns in school, according to a new Elon University Poll . → Read More
Hwy 12 Closes Again Due To Ocean Over Wash
Parts of North Carolina Highway 12 on the Outer Banks have closed again due to ocean over wash. → Read More
Coast Guard Warns Of Shipping Hazard From Containers Lost At Sea
The Coast Guard is asking boaters and beachgoers to be on the lookout for loose shipping containers after 70 containers fell from a cargo ship Saturday and → Read More
Researchers Develop Model To Help Food Banks Distribute Food
More than 12 percent of Americans experience food insecurity and many depend on food banks to make it through a year. → Read More
Report: Efforts To Halt Childhood Obesity Have Failed
American kids are bombarded with ads for sugary, processed food and drinks, and for many poor families, those are all they can afford. That's why → Read More
Pipeline Plans And Solar Legislation Put NC's Energy Portfolio In Flux
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline promises to bring huge quantities of cheap natural gas to North Carolina, which could slow growth for solar power. → Read More
Report: NC Doesn't Have Enough School Nurses Or Counselors
North Carolina doesn't have enough school nurses or counselors, and that's impacting child health across the state. The North Carolina Institute of → Read More