Nick de la Canal
Host, All Things Considered / ReporterNick de la Canal can be heard on public radio airwaves across the Charlotte region, bringing listeners the latest in local and regional news developments on WFAE's All Things Considered. He's been a part of the WFAE newsroom since 2013, when he began as an intern.
He was nominated in 2023 and again in 2025 as Charlotte's best radio personality by readers of the Queen City Nerve, and his reporting has covered a wide array of topics, from city and state government to local transportation, housing, business and the arts. His radio features have won two 2023 RTDNA awards and a regional 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award. In addition to filing stories for WFAE, he has filed for NPR's Morning Edition, NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Latino USA, and BBC Outlook.
He is passionate about serving the community and helping the Charlotte region strive toward a better future. He grew up in Charlotte, graduated from Myers Park High School, and received his degree in journalism from Emerson College in Boston.
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February may be the shortest month, but it still has a packed Charlotte arts calendar. Our panel of arts and culture watchers shares highlights from Pulitzer Prize-winning theater and film series to food, music and Black History Month events happening across the city. -
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper is mentioned in several emails included in the latest release of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one in which Epstein invited Tepper through a third party to join him and Bill Gates for breakfast at his house. There's no evidence that Tepper was the recipient or sender, or took Epstein up on the offer. -
The North Carolina Department of Transportation says the new I-485 Express lanes around Charlotte are set to open on February 28. The 18-mile toll lanes will run from I-77 to U-S 74. Toll rates will initially vary by vehicle length, time of day and day of the week. Within a year, the lanes will move to dynamic pricing, meaning tolls will rise or fall based on traffic conditions. Some construction and intermittent lane closures will continue along parts of the corridor after opening. -
South Carolina health officials have confirmed another 29 measles cases since Friday, bringing the total number of people infected by the outbreak to 876. Cases have continued to climb since the outbreak began in October in Spartanburg County. For the first time, the state says a resident in Sumter County has been infected. Cases have begun to spread to North Carolina with at least seven cases in Mecklenburg County. The majority of infected people have been unvaccinated children and teenagers. -
A winter storm is hitting North Carolina. Charlotte has seen heavy snowfall so far, with more to come, and a bomb cyclone threatens the eastern part of the state.
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North Carolina Republican Sen. Ted Budd is urging the Trump administration to rethink how it enforces immigration laws, arguing that current tactics fail to distinguish between undocumented immigrants who are committing crimes and those who are otherwise working and following the law. -
After years of searching for a new, permanent home, the Levine Museum of the New South says it has found one in Charlotte's trendy South End neighborhood. -
A measles outbreak centered in Spartanburg County has grown to nearly 790 cases, making it the largest in the nation in more than two decades. State Sen. Josh Kimbrell tells WFAE unvaccinated students may need to learn remotely to protect others.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Chuck Edwards are among a small group of GOP lawmakers calling for an investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. Their comments come as Trump administration officials have labeled the man a "domestic terrorist" and asserted he sought to kill federal agents.
