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State health officials say generators should never be used indoors. It's one of several safety tips the state is offering as cold weather returns. Adobe stock photo.

Officials highlight safety measures as cold weather returns

As fall temperatures begin to cool off the region, state officials are recommending safety precautions for heating homes, particularly for those impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Rev. Meg Gaston Peters, an associate minister at Centenary United Methodist Church, delivers a prayer to open the Homeless Persons' Memorial Service in Winston-Salem Wednesday. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

Service honors homeless people who died over the last year

Advocates for Winston-Salem’s homeless people gathered in downtown Wednesday for a memorial service in honor of those who died during the last year.…

This satellite image made available by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows cloud cover over North America on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 at 1:31 p.m. An arctic blast is bringing extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. this week including North Carolina. (NOAA via AP)

Dangerously cold weather will make for chilly Christmas in North Carolina

National Weather Service forecasters say an arctic air mass will move into central North Carolina over the holiday weekend with the potential to drop…

Appeals court restores N. Carolina law addressing farm labor

A North Carolina law preventing legal settlements between farms and workers from requiring a farm operation to become a union employer doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday while overturning a lower court decision.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won't face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state's attorney general announced Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

AG: Meadows won't face voter fraud charges in North Carolina

Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won't face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state's attorney general announced Friday.

We Were Wondering... What news story that you heard or read on WFDD really stuck out to you from this past year?

There's a little bit of something for everyone on our airwaves, whether you tune in for local news stories written by our reporters or for your favorite…

This April 20, 2015 photo shows a field against a backdrop of mountains at The Biltmore estate in Asheville, N.C. Since July 2021, North Carolina's population increased by just over 133,000 people, making it the third largest-gaining state in the country. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

North Carolina among top states for recent population growth

New census data shows the Tar Heel State among the top in the nation for population growth last year. Since July 2021, North Carolina increased by just…

Members of the North Carolina Utilities Commission listen as Julie Janson, executive vice president and CEO for Duke Energy Carolinas, apologizes for outages on Christmas Eve during a hearing that was broadcast on YouTube. WFDD screen capture.

Duke Energy apologizes for holiday blackouts

Duke Energy officials apologized Tuesday for a series of outages on Christmas Eve that affected approximately half a million customers. Company officials say some of the outages were longer than expected because of a failure of automation that required crews to restore the power manually.

Dialogue coach David Campt (right) breaks down a concept from his book The White Ally Toolkit for WFDD's David Ford. Photograph by Ivan Saul Cutler.

Let's Talk About It: Reflect, Ask, Connect, Expand

Being a persuasive dialogue partner requires a major shift away from our usual mindset of "Let me tell you why you’re wrong and I’m right." Today on Let's Talk About It, dialogue coach David Campt shares his roadmap with WFDD’s David Ford for getting into a more productive mind space as we enter potentially fraught conversations.

FILE - University of North Carolina President Molly Broad, center, talks with former systems president, William Friday, left, and Gov. Jim Hunt, right, before her formal inauguration, April 29, 1998, in Raleigh, N.C. Corbett Broad, the first female president of the University of North Carolina system and who later became a top advocate for U.S. higher education, died early Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, according to a statement from her family. She was age 81. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, File)

Molly Broad, UNC's first female system president, dies at 81

Molly Corbett Broad, the first female president of the University of North Carolina system and who later became a top advocate for U.S. higher education,…

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