WFAE Local Content

Craft beer and PFAS pollution — two things that are about as North Carolinian as barbecue and being “first in flight.” A recent study explores how what we put in our waters upstream can end up in a can somewhere downstream.

Construction projects in North Carolina could significantly slow down because contractors can't find enough workers to meet demand in the midst of the ongoing federal immigration crackdown.

WFAE is reducing its workforce by a half-dozen staff members as it faces a difficult revenue environment and the loss of federal funding due to the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts will not challenge Mayor Vi Lyles in the Democratic primary. New Mecklenburg County Manager Michael Bryant makes changes to his top leadership team. Home prices in Charlotte slide in June. A new study explores how PFAS pollution in water can affect things downstream.

A powerful North Carolina state lawmaker is in a legal fight with his former business partners in the hemp industry. Rep. John Bell’s district includes Goldsboro in eastern North Carolina. Those former business partners are accusing him of threatening to use his “power and influence” to jail them. The fight provides a rare peek into the highly competitive hemp industry and the politics that accompany it. For more, I'm joined now by Jeffrey Billman, who wrote about it for the Assembly.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released their mid-year public safety report on Thursday, and so far this year crime has been on a decline.

A program is bringing free Latin American film screenings to neighborhoods across Charlotte, giving everyone a front-row seat to different cultures and experiences.

Thousands of protesters are hitting the streets today as part of a nationwide “Good Trouble Lives On” movement. WFAE spoke with protestors to understand what got them out the door.

Candidate filing for this fall’s elections is wrapping up — we look at who's running. Attorney General Jeff Jackson has filed lawsuits against the Trump administration over education funding cuts. And Charlotte has been named the host city for next year's MLS All-Star Game.