Across the Blue Ridge #53 - Breaking Up Christmas
Two decades after the first broadcast of Paul Brown's Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday on NPR member stations in late 1996, we return to the award-winning music documen
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The Predictive Power Of The Junk In Your Genome
You are you because of a unique combination of your parents' genes, coded into the strands of DNA molecules, coiled tightly around an “X-shaped” structure. This is a chromosome, and you have 23 pairs of them, deep down in the nucleus of all 37 trillion cells in your body.
Dr. Beth Sullivan, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, studies chromosome rearrangements in her lab and how they may cause disease.
'First Day Hike' A North Carolina State Parks Tradition
North Carolina's State Parks Department wants residents to start off 2017 on the trails.
Heroin Death Rate Spike In North Carolina Among The Highest Nationwide
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show North Carolina has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
Homelessness, Blues, And The Power Of Spoken Words
A new album is giving voice to the homeless living in the Triad.
For UNC Schools, 2016 Was A Year Of Controversy
Politics played an increasing role in the state's public colleges in 2016, with moves by the legislature often resulting in campus controversy.
Winston-Salem Bus Passengers Could See Higher Fares
Winston-Salem City Council members are considering raising bus fares to address a projected shortfall in the public transit budget.
Resilience Project: Helping Chronically Ill Patients Pay For Treatment One Pair Of Socks At A Time
A new business in Winston-Salem is helping people with chronic illness pay for their treatment.
Across the Blue Ridge #52 - A Christmas and holiday special
This week's Across the Blue Ridge is a feast of good listening for the holidays. Host Paul Brown presents a great selection of gospel and secular music from bluegrass, old-time, blues and cou
Early Life And The Record Of A Rifting Rodinia
An Appalachian State University professor has used an unusual and elusive fossil to learn important facts about the geological history of our region.