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River Warrior
As temperatures creep upward, people are making big life choices that factor in our warming climate. But few decide to paddle nearly 2,000 miles to the Gulf Coast because climate change interferes with their livelihoods.
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Invisible Histories
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Nick de la Canal/WFAEActivist Rev. William Barber comes out against the transit plan, a District 3 City Council candidate drops out of the race, concerns over immigration enforcement highlight the last CMS board meeting before the start of school, and Charlotte Pride returns for its 25th year, though with diminished corporate support. -
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At a recent meeting of the NC Task Force on Child Care and Early Education, Stein tells members that child care needs more resources for centers to get back online, help parents return to the workforce. -
The audit, released this morning, is a 39-page deep dive into the district’s finances that mostly confirms what officials have said caused its $46 million deficit. -
One of Charlotte’s most well-known companies has a new name, and it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue. Allen Tate Realtors announced this week it’s now known as Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate. For more on the name change and other business news of the week, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy. -
A panel discussion is set to take place ahead of Charlotte Pride this weekend, with a focus on minority voices from Charlotte’s LGBTQ+ community. -
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality asked the judge to stop work at the quarry, which sits near the Nolichucky River. -
A new play inspired by a 2000-year-old classic Greek myth is premiering in Charlotte this weekend, reimagining the concerns of Chicano and Latino communities in Los Angeles.
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This week on SouthBound, we air our final episode. WFAE’s Ely Portillo interviews host Tommy Tomlinson about Tommy's favorite SouthBound moment, the future of journalism and what still gives him hope. Please join us. -
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to author Georgann Eubanks, who traveled the wild South to visit everything from frogs to swans for her new book, “The Fabulous Ordinary.”
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