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The environmental activist visited Charlotte and Davidson College last weekend to lead a foraging walk and talk about reconnecting with nature.
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WFAE EVENTS
- Charlotte event honoring Cesar Chavez proceeds under new name
- Family Dollar to shut down Matthews distribution center, cutting more than 370 jobs
- Bank of America reaches proposed settlement in Epstein-related lawsuit
- Panthers’ David and Nicole Tepper donate $250,000 to support women’s athletics at UNC Charlotte
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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WFAEAcross North Carolina’s public universities and some private campuses, diversity, equity and inclusion programs are undergoing a major overhaul. We shed light on how these policy changes are playing out in North Carolina, how students and faculty are responding, and what this dismantling of DEI efforts may mean for the future of higher education in the state. -
Erin Keever/WFAEWith the North Carolina primary over and done, get ready for the campaign leading to November. Get ready for a blizzard of advertising, particularly in the race for U.S. Senate. It is likely to be the most expensive Senate race in the country, with about half a billion dollars expected to be spent. In a world where people are entrenched in their ideologies, how do you convincingly use that money?
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LOCAL NEWS
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The former Sycamore Brewing reopened this past weekend in time for St. Patrick’s Day holiday. It has a new name, Club West Brewing, and is in the process of getting a new owner. Sycamore Brewing closed in early January, a few weeks after one of its co-founders was arrested on sex crime charges involving a 13-year-old girl. For more, Ashley Fahey of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy. -
Insurance is staying relatively flat, but that’s not the whole story. -
Senate leader Phil Berger’s primary campaign raised 34 times as much money as his challenger, Rockingham County Sam Page, but Page’s candidacy was boosted by four outside groups — most of which haven’t disclosed much about their donors and spending. -
The Charlotte Hornets opened their seven-game homestand Tuesday night with a decisive win over the Miami Heat. Charlotte pulled away in the fourth quarter behind LaMelo Ball’s 30-point, 13-assist performance. -
Social media posts suggest an increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement traffic stops over the past few weeks in the Charlotte region. -
The Royals will play their first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament game when they take on No. 2 seed Purdue in the first round. To talk more about how Queens got to this big moment, the school’s Director of Athletics, Cherie Swarthout, joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry.
NATION & WORLD
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP
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Elections officials start recounting ballots in the N.C. Senate race between Phil Berger and Sam Page. Bank of America reaches a settlement with a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. UNC Charlotte fires men's basketball coach Aaron Fearne. Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper donates $250,000 to UNC Charlotte to support women's athletics.
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