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7:41am Mar 12, 2019Economy Economy Environment Human InterestCarolina Curious: Why Are Recycling Instructions So Complicated?
Winston-Salem resident Stephanie Bennett is a WFDD listener and wants to know more about something that most of us do every day. She's serious about recycling but doesn’t understand why it can be s
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7:38am Feb 19, 2019Politics & Government Politics & GovernmentCarolina Curious: Why Not Draw Voting Districts With County Lines?
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about who should be drawing North Carolina’s legislative districts and how it might be done.
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7:38am Jan 30, 2019Politics & Government Politics & GovernmentCarolina Curious: Why Is So Much Voter Data Publicly Available?
Late last year, the State Board of Elections began an investigation into North Carolina's 9th Congressional District because of potential voting irregularities.
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4:45pm Dec 07, 2018Human Interest Human InterestCarolina Curious: How Does NCDOT Prioritize Clearing Snowy Roads?
As the Triad prepares for potentially heavy snow this weekend, people at the North Carolina Department of Transportation are getting ready too.
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7:38am Nov 27, 2018Human Interest Human InterestCarolina Curious: Felix Walker Talks To Buncombe (And Sparks A New Word)
Earlier this year, we aired a Carolina Curious edition about the origins of the word “Cackalacky.”
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11:42am Oct 31, 2018Politics & Government Politics & GovernmentCarolina Curious: Do TV And Radio Stations Have To Run Political Advertisements?
Chances are, sometime in recent days, you’ve seen or heard a political ad.
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7:00am Sep 12, 2018Environment Environment Health & Safety Human Interest News ScienceCarolina Curious: Why Are Weather Alerts Sometimes Hard To Understand?
One of the services that radio stations like WFDD provide is broadcasting alerts from the National Weather Service.
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7:00am Aug 31, 2018Economy Economy Politics & GovernmentCarolina Curious: What Is The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Program?
Industrial hemp has fallen in and out of favor since George Washington first cultivated the fiber on his Mt. Vernon farm, using it to make items such as rope and canvas sails.
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10:51am Jul 16, 2018Human Interest Human InterestCarolina Curious: What Do You Call Residents Of Your City?
If you're from North Carolina, most people would agree: you're a North Carolinian.
But what do you call someone from High Point or Boone? What about Winston-Salem? In our latest installment of Carolina Curious, we found that the answers are all over the map.
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6:00am May 24, 2018Transportation TransportationCarolina Curious: Why Are Some DMV Offices In North Carolina So Outdated?
When Liz Noland and her husband moved from Virginia to Winston-Salem in 2011, she went to the local DMV office to get a new driver’s license, but she wasn’t able to leave with it in hand that day.
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6:29am Apr 06, 2018Human Interest Human InterestCarolina Curious: Who Put The 'Cackalacky' In North Carolina?
There’s an old nickname for North Carolina, with a lot of variations: Cackalacky. Cackalack. North Cack.
Some folks love the terms. And a few seem to hate them.
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6:00am Mar 23, 2018Crime Crime Education NewsCarolina Curious: Can School Police Question Your Child Without Consent?
After the deadly shooting at a Florida high school last month, lawmakers all over the country are looking at how to make schools safer, including in North Carolina. Part of that movement has focused on beefing up the presence of school resource officers, or SROs.
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1:08pm Mar 12, 2018Transportation TransportationCarolina Curious: Greensboro's Walkability And The Pedestrian's Plight
The Triad Metropolitan area is expected to see its population grow by nearly 10 percent over the next two decades.
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