WFAE

Thanks to a historic $500,000 gift, WFAE has established a new fellowship to provide emerging journalists with hands-on newsroom experience, training in community-centered reporting and mentorship from WFAE's award-winning staff.

Joe Kendrick and James Holt have joined WFAE as program director and broadcast operations manager, respectively.

Residents from Charlotte and Mooresville were appointed to WFAE’s Community Advisory Board.

Former board members Astrid Chirinos and Mark Ethridge, and Chief Engineer Jobie Sprinkle were recognized at WFAE’s 45th Anniversary Gala on June 4.

Snow is falling across much of North Carolina Saturday. The North Carolina Department of Transportation reports that roads are partially or completely covered across most of the state.

Union County Public Health has issued more than 170 quarantine orders tied to a measles exposure at Shining Light Baptist Academy in Monroe, officials said Friday.

Public health officials have confirmed two cases of measles in Mecklenburg County, prompting renewed calls for residents to make sure they are up to date on vaccinations as measles cases rise across the Carolinas.

WFAE, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, hosted a forum with candidates for Mecklenburg County sheriff at the WFAE Center for Civic and Community Engagement in uptown Charlotte.

Bob Scheer and Jalyn Houston have joined WFAE as a major gifts officer and membership manager & mid-level gifts officer, respectively.