8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (230+ words) Program Note: This episode originally aired on April 23rd, 2026. What if improving your health could include a doctor prescribing a trip to a museum, taking an arts class or catching a performance at your local theater? It may sound unconventional, but…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (169+ words) At a community garden in east Charlotte, Juneteenth was marked through a return to something deeply rooted in Black history: the land itself. The Grier Heights Park community has spent years digging their hands into the soil. Resident Taylor Crawford-Williams…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago  (349+ words) Beer, it turns out, was important to early American armies. So important that George Washington scrawled a recipe for "small beer" in a notebook in 1757, when he was a colonel in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War....

14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (223+ words) The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education announced Wednesday that it has placed Superintendent Crystal Hill on paid leave amid an investigation into "matters involving administrative and operational oversight." Also on Wednesday, the Monroe City Council voted to reverse course and support…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (288+ words) It's time for a fact check of North Carolina politics. A recent viral social media video makes this claim about a bill in the North Carolina House: "You can murder women for using birth control. This bill says that you…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (168+ words) Crossing the street in Charlotte may be getting more dangerous. A new report from Smart Growth America shows pedestrian deaths continue to rise both locally and nationwide. The organization found pedestrian deaths across the United States have increased by 75% since…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (372+ words) A Charlotte program is turning to formerly incarcerated individuals to help bridge the digital divide for community members by repairing devices and teaching basic tech skills. Inside a tech repair shop in east Charlotte on Tuesday, Mustaffa Jenkins, 26, used a…...

3+ day, 52+ min ago  (676+ words) The death of 6-year-old Dominique Moody has sparked outrage across North Carolina. She died last December after police found her starved, beaten, and, according to other children in the home, forced to live in a dog crate. A state investigation…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (109+ words) WFAE - On Air Now Playing The Charlotte Jazz Channel WFAE wins first-place award from Public Media Journalists Association WFAE has won a first-place award for its reporting from the Public Media Journalists Association, the group announced this week. The story…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (125+ words) Black motorcyclists have built a distinct and resilient culture in the Carolinas and across the country, which is the focus of a new book launching in Charlotte this month. The book expands on Jacobs" "Black Behind Bars" exhibit, which was…...