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North Carolina's snowboarding scene is getting attention and has inspired another generation of riders. But the tradition has been there all along, even if the rest of the world didn't know it.

The three-mile stretch of West Sugar Creek Road takes you from what feels like a village in the west through a busy intersection with I-85 to North Tryon Street. It’s anchored by two neighborhoods — Derita and Hidden Valley — with strong leaders who agree their priority is driving out the trouble I-85 and the motels around the exit attract.

Monday, Nov. 12, 2018At least a dozen General Assembly seats flipped from Republican to Democrat in last week's election, ending the GOP's supermajority…

Tuesday, July 2, 2019The late 1960s introduced a new phrase into the political lexicon: the Southern Strategy. Republicans put it to use in the aftermath…

Monday, August, 3, 2020The world changed in a flash 75 years ago with the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II. That seismic event also…

Thursday, March 2, 2017After five years of work toward an ambitious goal to turn around nine west Charlotte schools, Project LIFT's superintendent joins…

Major technology companies like Facebook and Apple have long had a cozy relationship with Washington. But last month, the Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Google. What does this mean for the future of Big Tech?

Year started with KUOW: 2005

Mano Sundaresan is a producer at NPR.

Some say the Cotham name — for both Tricia and her mother Pat — is now forever tainted among Democrats. “In the political world, a few months is a lifetime,” Pat Cotham said last week. “I take one day at a time.”

While there has been a growing furor over the noncompete clause in the state’s contract to build toll lanes on Interstate 77, the city of Charlotte has…

Updated 10:36 p.m.Mayor Jennifer Roberts conceded victory to Mayor Pro Tem Vi Lyles Tuesday in Charlotte's Democratic mayoral primary. With 98 percent of…

There are plenty of annoying things about working from home that can tire us out, but moments of fun may give us a needed boost of energy.

Two counties remain under a state of emergency after a train carrying oil derailed on Monday. Dozens of residents around Armstrong Creek evacuated after several rail cars caught fire next to a river.

As part of NPR's 50th anniversary, we've asked listeners to submit the lessons they've learned in a half-century of life. Today, we hear from Sonia Bovio of Phoenix.

A New York Times article characterized Amazon as a harsh and punishing place to work. That got Morning Edition wondering about the most unusual workplace policies its listeners have experienced.

Wis. Gov. Scott Walker has given preliminary approval for a community just outside the lake basin to siphon off a large amount of drinking water from Lake Michigan.

Now that Canada is no longer requiring COVID-19 tests from vaccinated travelers, tourism is up in many U.S. border communities. In New York, Plattsburgh is seeing a big increase in tourism.

Some states plan to close their high-risk insurance pools in 2014. But new options under the Affordable Care Act are likely to offer lower premiums and lower deductibles, insurance specialists say.

This new series, based on Richard Russo's 1997 novel Straight Man, stars Odenkirk as a tenured English professor who struggles to navigate the tiny fiefdoms and giant egos of academia.