How Changes To Response Of Medicaid Audit Fit McCrory’s Message
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been under fire this week. On Tuesday, the department's secretary received a day-long grilling in legislative committee hearings. That...
View ArticleA Preview Of The Bobcats' Season With Tom Sorensen
The Charlotte Bobcats regular season gets kicked off on October 30, and the team is looking again to rebound from a disappointing year. This is also the last year before the team reclaims their name as...
View ArticleReporter Discusses Stories On Wealth Of Elevation Church Pastor Steven Furtick
Charlotte’s Elevation Church has had a dramatic rise from just a handful of families in 2005 to more than 12,000 members spread over eight locations today.
View Article'We Have To Protect' County Manager Applicants, Cotham Says
Four Mecklenburg County Commissioners will be reviewing the applicants for the new county manager.It's only four because the other five commissioners are locked out of the process. The board voted 6-3...
View ArticleKat Robichaud Brings 'The Music In Her' To 'The Voice'
If you watch the popular reality television singing competition, The Voice, on NBC, you may be familiar with the voice of Kat Robichaud. She's got a lots of music in her. The Concord, North Carolina...
View ArticleWFAE Says Goodbye To Reporter Julie Rose
At WFAE, we don't typically make our stories about our reporters. But in this case, we decided to make an exception.
View ArticleGun Advocacy Group Turns Focus To 'No Gun' Restaurants
A controversial gun law took effect on October 1. It lets people with concealed permits carry their handgun into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol…as long as they don’t drink any. Owners of...
View ArticleWall Street-Backed Landlords Evicting Quickly In Charlotte
There are new players in Charlotte’s housing rental market. Big corporations have been on a spree over the last year, buying up over 2,200 homes. The Charlotte Observer marked that trend several months...
View ArticlePanthers Suddenly In National Spotlight, Playoff Hunt
What a difference five games can make. The Carolina Panthers started the season 1-3 and many were calling for the firing of coach Ron Rivera. Now, after winning five games in a row, the team is poised...
View ArticleInsurance Commissioner Goodwin Discusses Obama's Extension Of Canceled Health...
By now you probably know that President Obama has offered a temporary fix for people whose health insurance companies have canceled their policies because they didn’t meet the minimum standards of the...
View ArticleCharlotte Pianist Finds Success With Versatility And The Internet
Charlotte pianist Chad Lawson might be best known for his jazz album Dear Dorothy: The Oz Sessions, which was featured in television shows, movies, and commercials. More recently, he has been releasing...
View ArticleWinter Cocktails With A Southern Attitude
With the holidays approaching and the weather getting colder, for many it’s a good time to warm up with a winter cocktail. I stopped by Charlotte’s 5Church restaurant and met with lead bartender...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Music Snob
Nobody likes a music snob. Sometimes they can come off as bullies, like the music clerk played by Jack Black in High Fidelity. WFAE’s Morning Edition host Kevin Kniestedt doesn’t think he’s that bad,...
View ArticleNew Rule Allows Fracking Companies To Keep Certain Trade Secrets
North Carolina is clearing the way for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking - the method of drilling that's created a natural gas boom in the United States. State lawmakers have tasked the state Mining...
View Article105 Years Later, We Know The Identity Of This Child Laborer
You’ve probably seen the work of photographer Lewis Hine. Perhaps his most famous photos are of the construction of the Empire State Building. But more than two decades before taking those pictures,...
View ArticleBreaking Down A Grand Jury
The case of Randall Kerrick has opened up a lot of questions about the grand jury process. Kerrick, of course, is the CMPD officer accused of shooting an unarmed black man ten times. A grand jury...
View ArticleFound Footage Festival Gives Your Old VHS Tapes A Second Life
The next time you decide to have a garage sale, or donate some old items to the Salvation Army, you may find yourself getting rid of some old VHS tapes that have been collecting dust. While these tapes...
View ArticleUkulele Virtuoso Takes "Bruce Lee" Approach To Music
It’s not all that often that you see a ukulele player performing at sold-out venues, teaming up with the likes of Bette Midler or Bela Fleck, and performing for the Queen of England. But Hawaiian born...
View ArticleCoal Ash Spills From Storage Pond At Duke Energy's Dan River Plant
Engineers with Duke Energy are working to fix a broken drain pipe under a coal ash storage pond in northern North Carolina. As much as 10 percent of the coal ash in the pond may have spilled into the...
View ArticleNo PCB's Found In Second Sewer System Dumping
Officials in Charlotte say materials dumped into the sewer system for the second time within a couple of days did not include PCB’s as originally suspected.Charlotte officials said yesterday that tests...
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