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Commissioners hire a new Mecklenburg County manager. Rain helps firefighters battling mountain wildfires. A wrinkle in the race for state supreme court. And South Carolina women's basketball team and Duke men's basketball team each head to the Final Four. -
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LOCAL NEWS
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The announcement by North Carolina State University comes as the Trump Administration announces it has revoked more than 300 student visas for allegedly voicing pro-Palestine views. -
The latest federal education cuts affect school building repairs in Halifax, Lenoir, Richmond, and Robeson Counties. New threats are coming to Title 1 schools across NC. -
The Sondheim musical-thriller "Sweeney Todd," blends suspense, dark humor and rich storytelling. It's onstage this weekend at Queens University. -
BPR spoke with three Forest Service employees who worked on wildfires throughout the WNC communities they call home. -
One of Charlotte's biggest arts and culture events returns this weekend with a flood of performances, special events and larger-than-life interactive art installations. -
A new statewide report shows teacher turnover is improving after hitting a recent high, but vacancies continue to rise after years of teacher pipeline issues.
NATION & WORLD
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Annelise Mennicke, a UNC Charlotte professor whose federal grant was canceled as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting program. And also because her research involved trans people. -
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Jim Barger Jr., author of a new book called “Rivers and Dreams,” on former President Jimmy Carter’s life as a fisherman — and how he often used fishing to cast the lines of diplomacy.
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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