Regional & State News

David Fleming is the author of “Who's Your Founding Father?: One Man’s Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence.” He joins WFAE’s Marshall Terry to talk more about what has become known as Meck Dec.

His plan calls for investment in housing, infrastructure, climate resiliency and more.

This Tuesday, marks 250 years since citizens of Mecklenburg County say they became the first American colonists to declare independence from Great Britain. Not everyone believes the story, but that's not stopping the county from celebrating.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein’s latest announcement outlines how federal funds and private partners will expand internet access in underserved areas, including parts of Western North Carolina.

Monday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, a civil rights activist, minister and spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Opposition was strong on April 18, 1963, when Malcolm X held a debate on racial integration with civil rights leader and attorney Floyd McKissick in Durham. WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn talks with Floyd McKissick's son.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained numerous undocumented immigrants in the Charlotte region this week, in what they are calling a “larger immigration enforcement operation.”

The North Carolina House passed a bill that would put that question to voters in 2025.

The EPA announced plans Wednesday to roll back drinking water standards for so-called “forever chemicals.” In North Carolina, water treatment facilities across the state have spent millions to upgrade filtration systems to treat PFAS pollution.

Lawmakers want to force a recreational fishing season for Southern flounder, which experts say is overfished and in danger of collapse.

A group of Ukrainian immigrants gathers every Saturday in Mint Hill to pray, as the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year and many refugees are anxious about losing their immigration status.