Dinosaurs: Lessons For The Present
Dinosaurs can be fascinating exhibits in a museum. But what is their relevance to modern life? A new exhibit at the Museum of Natural Sciences looks at...» E-Mail This
View ArticleCoastal Commission Predicts Sea Level Rise
Scientists and even politicians agree: sea levels along the North Carolina coastline are rising. But the Coastal Resource Commission’s Science Panel...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMovies On The Radio: Best And Worst Of 2014
The Oscar nominations were announced earlier today with Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel topping the list with nine nominations each. As the stars...» E-Mail This
View ArticleLooking At Appalachia
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty. The images of the Appalachia region from that period created stereotypes of its...
View ArticleLearning To Like Muktuk
Penelope Easton ventured to the Alaskan territory as a young woman in 1948. It would have been an intimidating move for many young women in that era....
View ArticlePolitical Junkie Ken Rudin
The North Carolina General Assembly is back to work in Raleigh and lawmakers are filing dozens of bills.
View ArticleThe State Of The State
Governor McCrory took the dais for his state of the state address last night.
View ArticleMusic Giant Ralph Peer
Talent scout, engineer and producer Ralph Peer is known for launching the careers of some of country music’s biggest stars like the Carter family and...
View ArticleVeteran, Storyteller And Teacher Ray Christian
Ray Christian is a born storyteller. Growing up, he read to his illiterate parents. He sought escape from an impoverished childhood in Richmond,...
View ArticleMovies On The Radio: A Kiss
A kiss is just a kiss. Or is it? One of the most iconic on screen lip locks was the tearful and delicate embrace on Casablanca. On today's Movies on...
View ArticleReactions To Chapel Hill Shooting
Three students were killed near the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill last night. A neighbor has been arrested and is being held in...
View ArticleCome Hell Or High Water
When the city of Gulfport, Mississippi made plans to bulldoze the graves of former slaves, teacher-turned-advocate Derrick Evans fought to stop it.
View ArticleWhat Makes Us Smile?
Sure, it's more or less a given that we smile when we're happy and we smile when our picture is taken. But do we also smile automatically throughout the...
View ArticleNursing Injuries In Asheville
A little-known epidemic has swept through hospitals across the country: thousands of nursing staff suffer debilitating back and arm injuries every year...
View ArticleBoard of Governors Panel Recommends Elimination Of Centers
A panel of the UNC System Board of Governors recommended the elimination of three campus-based centers and on-going assessment of 13 others yesterday....
View ArticleA Lifetime Of Diplomacy: Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Ambassador Thomas Pickering began his career in the foreign service more than 40 years ago. He has served as ambassador to many countries including...
View ArticleMcCrory Unveils Budget Plan
Governor Pat McCrory set forth his budgetary agenda today. The proposed budget included emphasis on increased educational spending. The most recent...
View ArticlePolitical Junkie Ken Rudin
Governor Pat McCrory unveiled his budget plan yesterday. Education tops the governor's priority list but critics say it doesn't go far enough....
View ArticleDavid Joy's 'Where All Light Tends To Go'
Jacob McNeely grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. A life of crime as an employee of his father's meth ring is the only one he has ever known....
View ArticleJ.B. Buxton's Journey In Education
J.B. Buxton began his career in education in an unlikely place: South Africa. As a Morehead Scholar from UNC, Buxton taught in a South African school...
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