Carolina Curious

At least two theaters in North Carolina showed films with sound in the 1920s.

Seven athletes with North Carolina ties competed at this year’s Winter Olympics, including five Carolina Hurricanes players representing four different countries.

The Piedmont's most recent snowstorm left some WFDD listeners wondering how forecasters are able to give accurate snowfall totals. Find out on this edition of Carolina Curious.

Districts are limited to five remote learning days by state law, but most exhausted them over the last couple of weeks before plows could clear students’ snow-covered roads.

For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD’s DJ Simmons spoke with a political science professor on the unique difference between the two law enforcement officials.

This week's installment of Carolina Curious looks at how wild birds handle the bitter cold.

Ever notice a buttery smell just off I-40 at South Elm-Eugene Street? Here’s where it comes from.

For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD’s Amy Diaz spoke with one of the legislators who helped change the state’s teacher leave policy.

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.

The seemingly odd pronunciation of a popular Winston-Salem neighborhood, Buena Vista, has one of our listeners wondering why people say it that way. In this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD’s Amy Diaz talks to residents, a librarian and an expert in linguistics to find the answer.