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Primary Election 2026: Rebecca Trammel is pursuing an unaffiliated campaign for NC Senate District 7On this edition of The Newsroom, we're speaking with Rebecca Trammel, a nonprofit founder, community organizer, and advocate for public education funding who aims to run as an unaffiliated candidate for North Carolina’s Senate District 7. We asked about her decision to run without major party support — and where she lands on some contentious state-level policies.
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Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Lee-Y Green and Michael Sherrod
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National News
- It's hard to tell, so far, what Trump has planned for the Kennedy Center
- Minneapolis has daily deportation flights. One man is documenting them
- VA staff feel the chill of Alex Pretti's death
- NASA delays the launch of Artemis II lunar mission by at least a month
- What we know about Savannah Guthrie's missing mother
- Despite a 'ruptured' knee ligament, Lindsey Vonn says she will compete in the Olympics
- Takeaways from the latest Epstein files. And, police search for Savannah Guthrie's mom
- 19 Winter Olympic storylines we're watching (they're not just about sports)
- Powerful people, random redactions: 4 things to know about the latest Epstein files
- Privatizing Fannie Mae is risky. Would it be a win for taxpayers or Trump's donors?
State News
- NC General Assembly eyes nuclear reactors as it debates an energy policy ‘driven by courage’
- Guilford County property values could increase by more than 40%, officials say
- School districts seek legislative support after days of weather-related closures
- Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County gets new leadership
- Three North Carolinians died on the state's roadways during last weekend's winter storm
- Why winter weather can worsen skin conditions — and how to cope
- Documents show proposal for ICE detention facility in Greensboro
- Winter weather strains Winston-Salem businesses
- Four WS/FCS schools nationally recognized for magnet programming
- Charlotte nonprofit sues EPA over regulatory rollbacks on air pollutant in medical sterilizers
