Rachel Moody
ReporterRachel Moody is from Wake Forest where she got her start in journalism as an intern for The Wake Weekly. Before joining WFDD, she was a reporter and producer for UNC-Chapel Hill’s student radio program Carolina Connection. Rachel’s work has been published by WFAE, WUNC, WRAL and more. In 2026, she was recognized by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program for her podcast about body dysmorphia in boys and men. During her college career, she also wrote for The Daily Tar Heel’s opinion desk as an editorial board member and columnist.
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Yadkin County Emergency Communications became the first 911 center in the state to implement an AI assistant called AVA to handle non-emergency calls. -
More than 100 NC A&T and UNCG students marched to the polls Thursday to mark the start of early voting. The demonstration came after election officials rejected requests to reopen on-campus voting sites. -
Piedmont Environmental Alliance, Yadkin Riverkeeper, No Data Center Rural Hall and the Carolina Federation are demanding state lawmakers pass a two-year moratorium on hyperscale data centers. -
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, 49-year-old Larry Wayne Tate Jr. was shot in a Food Lion parking lot in Welcome after a car chase with law enforcement this weekend. -
At a recent city council committee meeting, Deputy City Manager Eddie Bowling announced that all staff will soon have access to a program called GovAI. -
Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper made a stop in Winston-Salem Thursday as part of his “Make Stuff Cost Less” campaign. Throughout the event, he emphasized supporting middle-class Americans struggling with the cost of living. -
The city will pay The Haskell Company roughly $260 million to upgrade Mitchell Water Treatment Plant’s system for treating substances known as PFAS. -
Over 200,000 people are expected to arrive in Greensboro later this month to celebrate N.C. A&T’s "Greatest Homecoming On Earth." -
Starting this month, Wildlife Services will drop about 600,000 baits containing oral rabies vaccines to raccoons across western North Carolina, including Watauga and Ashe counties. -
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro recently launched its own artificial intelligence workspace called Spartan AI. The new tool lets users access multiple different models, including ChatGPT, Claude and Grok.
