Jeff Tiberii

File image of Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., walks to the chamber as senators arrive for votes and policy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, June 17, 2025.

We travel to the North Carolina mountains this Memorial Day – to Cherokee – where we hear the story of restoring the name of a mountain in the Smokies. Then the history of a pioneering photographer who opened his lens to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And saying good-bye to good eats at K&W.

Leoneda Inge talks to Dr. Sam Maron, founder of Scholars Network, about a new partnership with UNC Wayne Health. Jeff Tiberii talks to the founder and board chair of Day One Relief about natural disaster aid. And, a decade after HB2, a family reflects on standing up against the bill.

Sarah Keys Evans, Sarah Louise Keys at the time of her arrest in Roanoke Rapids, was jailed after she refused to move to the back of a bus for a White Marine.

Gov. Josh Stein holds up an executive order preventing executive branch employees from using knowledge gained at work to profit on prediction markets. Stein is joined by Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.

Jeff Tiberii talks to Indy Week's Lena Geller about her column, "Lunch Money" and finding small inexpensive restaurants around the Triangle. WUNC's The Broadside visits Buc-ee's. And photojournalist Kate Medley profiles independent gas stations near Buc-ee's in South Carolina.

Raleigh's skyline rises high above interstate on April 14, 2026, in North Carolina.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Rodney Trice appears on Due South at WUNC's studio in Chapel Hill, N.C., on March 11, 2025.

We speak with a local superintendent following the recent decision to permanently close a Chapel Hill elementary school. Then, wrapping up the year in public education – from budget crises to enrollment dips.

An update from higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about funding uncertainty on North Carolina college campuses and the fallout from the Trump administration's efforts last year to slash federal research dollars for universities.