Carolina Curious

Thirty-one years ago, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard a case about education inequities related to school funding, often referred to as “Leandro.” But multiple years and court rulings later, additional money has still not been released to the state’s public schools.

WFDD went behind the scenes at the Carolina Classic Fair to see how judges choose the best of the best.

In this edition of Carolina Curious, DJ Simmons dives into how climate change is affecting future storms that could impact North Carolina.

A type of red clay soil, known as the Cecil series, is so culturally important to the region that in the 90s, the legislature named it North Carolina’s official state soil.

WFDD reporter April Laissle wants to know why the Greensboro Pride Festival takes place in September. David Ford speaks with Executive Director Jessie Taylor to find out on this edition of Carolina Curious.

WFDD listener Laura Allred used to live in Greensboro and work in Asheboro. On her daily commute up and down 220, she saw big, red and black Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, or PART, buses taking her same route, and wanted to learn more.

In this edition of Carolina Curious, Eddie Garcia scours the archives to learn about Greensboro's Ireland House.

A listener kept driving through the same eerie patch of fog. The explanation for it ties into one of North Carolina's most famous ghost stories.

For this week's Carolina Curious, a listener wanted to know how the Gold Rush impacted North Carolina, and if there any active gold mines in the state today.

It’s been about 80 years, but Clyde Ingle still remembers the time he came across the Germans on his family’s dairy farm.