Search results for

Gov. Josh Stein made the announcement Friday during a visit to Burnsville, which has received $18 million for a new pump system, wells and a sewer line.

Led by NC State and NC Sea Grant, the study involves releasing GPS-equipped plastic bottles into the Neuse River to track their movement in real time. The goal is to solve the mystery of how land-based waste transforms into the marine debris that clutters our coastlines.

WHQR friend Philip Gerard passed away on November 7.

North Carolina emergency personnel say folks can still travel to areas of the coastline that aren't under evacuation orders, but people should stay out of the ocean to avoid getting swept up by strong rip currents.

Iran remains defiant against U.S., but stands to rake in billions if a peace deal can be reached.

Chaplain Seth Clark of the Ohio 10th Cavalry read the Emancipation Proclamation at St. Phillips Moravian Church in Salem, North Carolina, on May 21, 1865. This Friday, Juneteenth, that moment will be reenacted with costumed actors. The event is free and open to the public.

More than 25 years ago, Philip Pullman's first novel, The Golden Compass, introduced readers to heroine Lyra Belacqua. Now, more than 25 years later, her story comes to a close in The Rose Field.

Author Philip Gerard contends the incorrect and incomplete narrative surrounding the Civil War perpetuates the great partisan divide. Once the gunfire ended and North Carolina rejoined the Union, questions about civil rights and race should have been settled. But they weren’t. The battle still rages. How to move towards a more perfect union? Education, he says, is key.

Philip Gerard contended that the unhealed wounds and unresolved issues from the Civil War were a major driver of today’s Great American Divide. His next book idea, Toward a More Perfect Union: Why America Lost the Civil War and How to Win It Now, will remain unwritten. But he offers some of the ideas that would have gone into that book in other places. We take a closer look at his consistency and courage in this remembrance of a rich, well-lived, albeit abbreviated life.

Does King Charles' visit with the president have potential to soothe tensions between the U.K. and the U.S.? NPR asks longtime diplomat Philip Reeker.