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What New EPA Proposed Rule On Power Plant Emissions Means For NC

North Carolina will have to reduce its rate of carbon emissions from power plants 40 percent to comply with a rule the Environmental Protection Agency proposed Monday. That's among the larger...

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In UNC System, Where Does Your Tuition Money Go?

This week, WFAE explores the cost of the UNC system for students and universities. Tuesday, we explained how the state constitution specifies that public higher education should be as free as...

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Public Health Report Shows NC As Most Improved State

North Carolina showed the most improvement of any state in a major public health report released Thursday. But its ranking is still below average, like most of the South.

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NC Doctors Just As Burned Out But More Likely To Own Their Practice, Survey Says

Doctors in North Carolina are feeling the effects of certain national health care trends but bucking others. The Physicians Foundation's 2016 survey shows high burnout but lower hospital consolidation...

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Flight Of The Living Dead: Zombie Bees Are Invading North Carolina

It all began on the front porch of Claire Kimmel's house in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Kimmel has been a beekeeper in this Blue Ridge Mountain town for about six years. She keeps seven hives in her...

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Federal Court Hears NAACP Lawsuit Over Voter Cancellations; Plus, Possible...

With mere days to go before the election, a federal judge in Winston-Salem is hearing arguments over the cancelations of up to 4,500 voter registrations in the eastern half of North Carolina.

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Attorneys Deliver Opening Statements In Michael Slager Trial; Plus, 2 Early...

In April, 2015, then-Charleston police officer Michael Slager allegedly shot an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, eight times in the back as he fled a traffic stop. Now, nearly a year and a half later,...

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Colonial Pipeline Expected To Reopen Sunday; Plus, Pres. Obama Visits Charlotte

The Colonial Pipeline Company says it expects to have the damaged pipeline up and running again by Sunday afternoon, reducing fears of a possible gas shortage and price increases at the pump. The...

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Socio-Economic Status Is Priority In CMS Magnet Plan; Plus, A Governor's Race...

In an effort to diversify magnet schools, the CMS board will begin placing heavy priority on a student's socio-economic status in student assignment decisions. That's part of the first phase of the...

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State Releases Keith Scott Autopsy; 3 Arrested in Attack of Transgender Woman

The state Medical Examiner's Office late Monday released the autopsy of Keith Lamont Scott. It shows Scott died of gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, but lacking in whether Scott was under the...

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Five NC Counties Now In Highest Level Of Drought; Could Wildfire Smoke Impact...

As dry conditions move east from North Carolina's mountains, five counties are now in an 'exceptional' drought - the highest level as determined by the U.S. Drought Monitor. State officials say...

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Party Rock Wildfire is Contained; Cooper's Lead Grows; And City Council...

Firefighters say the Party Rock Wildfire near Chimney Rock and Lake Lure has been fully contained, thanks in part to 0.4 inches of rain that fell Monday night through Tuesday. Firefighting crews have...

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Dylann Roof's Lawyers Hope To Show His Personality; Great Smoky Mountains...

Defense lawyers have told a federal judge they'd like to present more evidence about Dylann Roof's personality and state of mind. The lawyers filed the motion Friday in connection with the federal...

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Police Investigating Homicide Near Indepence Shopping Mall; A Final Farewell...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating a possible homicide that may have occurred in a small neighborhood behind Independence Shopping Center late Sunday night. Police say they received a call...

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Police Searching For Gunmen Who Killed Son Of Kannapolis Officer; Chance Of...

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are searching for two men they say are responsible for fatally shooting a teenager as he sat in the backseat of a car with family members Monday night. Police say...

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4-6 Inches Of Snow Could Fall This Weekend; Southeast Drought Conditions See...

Crews are treating roads with salt brine and attaching snowplows to trucks ahead of what could be the region's first snowstorm of 2017. As of Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS)...

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City Council Considers $100M Upgrade To Convention Center; Goodwill CEO...

In an effort to keep the city's tourism economy competitive, Charlotte City Council is considering major upgrades to the Charlotte Convention Center that would cost taxpayers approximately $100 million.

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NC Reps. Alma Adams And G.K. Butterfield To Boycott Inauguration; Nina...

Two of North Carolina's Democratic representatives in Congress are joining more than 40 House Democrats who plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration this week. Reps. Alma Adams and...

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Gaston County To Have Early Voting On Sundays

Fifteen counties finally have early voting plans after the North Carolina Board of Elections settled local disagreements over them on Sunday. Gaston and Durham counties' plans include Sunday voting.

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CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths Surge In NC

The number of drug overdose deaths in North Carolina surged 22.5 percent last year, the second highest increase in the country.

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