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6:00am Aug 21, 2019Environment Environment Human InterestCarolina Curious: Is There Such A Thing As A River Shark?
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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6:00am May 24, 2018Transportation TransportationCarolina Curious: Why Are Some DMV Offices In North Carolina So Outdated?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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5:18pm Jan 30, 2018Health & Safety Health & Safety TransportationRed Lights, Roadkill, And Wreckers: A Carolina Curious Transportation Roundup
You’ve been asking about a LOT of transportation issues in our series, Carolina Curious.
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7:00am Jan 19, 2018Transportation TransportationCarolina Curious: Squaring The Gas Tax With Electric Vehicles
In 2016, the number of registered plug-in and battery-powered vehicles around the globe jumped 60 percent from the previous year, and there’s no slowdown in sight.
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5:37am Dec 13, 2017Crime CrimeCarolina Curious: The Real Cost Of Parking Illegally
For this edition of Carolina Curious, Greensboro listener Lisa Ross has parking on her mind:
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5:00am Nov 29, 2017Health & Safety Health & Safety Human InterestCarolina Curious: Why Are So Many Rural Hospitals Closing And What Happens After They Do?
Rural hospitals across the country are closing at an alarming rate - over 80 since 2010. And a majority of these are located in the South.
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10:15am Oct 27, 2017Human Interest Human Interest NewsCarolina Curious: Why Are So Many Small Businesses Closed On Sunday And Monday?
Have you ever driven to a favorite store or restaurant only to discover that the open sign is not lit up? Have you driven away, frustrated, wondering why?
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10:27am Sep 25, 2017Health & Safety Health & SafetyCarolina Curious: Cutting Down Barriers To Mental Health Care
There are hundreds of millions of people worldwide with mental health conditions. And according to the World Health Organization, most of them will never get care.
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4:39pm Aug 29, 2017Politics & Government Politics & GovernmentCarolina Curious: Does The Governor's Pardon Power Undermine The Judicial System?
For the latest in our Carolina Curious series, we’re taking a closer look at a major power the governor of North Carolina has.
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