Jessa O'Connor
Jessa O’Connor is the Assistant Digital News Editor and Sunday reporter for WFAE. She joined the team in 2018 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a degree in broadcast journalism and worked for her college radio news station. Jessa won national awards for her college news coverage, including “First Place in Radio” from the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and “Best Radio News Reporting” from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Duke Energy’s first-quarter shares are up slightly from last year, according to an earnings report released by the Charlotte-based company Thursday...
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Challenger Mark Harris defeated incumbent Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger by a margin of 814 votes.
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that his new budget will recommend $130 million for school security and youth mental health resources.
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that he wants to address the problems of water and air pollution by increasing resources for the state...
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North Carolina is joining a group of 17 states in suing the Trump administration over a new question added to the Census that asks people whether they...
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Updated at 5:30 p.m. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 attorneys general to “demand answers” from...
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A North Carolina congressional candidate said the website she used when she campaigned for another office is now owned by a Russian.
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen asking for information...