Morning News Briefs: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Chief Justice Wants Response To Redistricting Delay Request
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Greensboro Economy Continues To Rise, But Challenges Remain
A report released Tuesday by the City of Greensboro suggests the Gate City's economy is continuing to improve. But the data also illustrate the challenges that remain.
N.C. Appeals Voting Overhaul Ruling To U.S. Supreme Court
North Carolina is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling striking down the state's voter ID requirement and other election changes.
Debra Crew Takes Helm At Reynolds American
The new year is starting with new leadership for Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American International, the nation's second-largest tobacco company.
Morning News Briefs: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
Former Budget Director Perusse Returning To Post For Cooper
North Carolina's new governor is bringing in people from his old office and from previous Democratic administrations for some key
A couple of great shows coming up!
I won't be able to post about Across the Blue Ridge for a couple of weeks. No doubt you're heartbroken. But meantime, I want to let you know about two fabulous shows coming up.
Winston-Salem Considers Adding Handicap Parking Spots Downtown
Winston-Salem could see designated handicap accessible parking spaces added in the downtown area, as City Council considers making changes to its on-street parking.
Judge Blocks Law Stripping Gov.-Elect Cooper Of Control Over Election Boards
A North Carolina judge is temporarily blocking a new Republican-backed law that strips the incoming Democratic governor of his control over election boards just before he takes office.
Across the Blue Ridge #53 - Breaking Up Christmas
Two decades after the first broadcast of Paul Brown's Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday on NPR member stations in late 1996, we return to the award-winning music documen
The Predictive Power Of The Junk In Your Genome
You are you because of a unique combination of your parents' genes, coded into the strands of DNA molecules, coiled tightly around an “X-shaped” structure. This is a chromosome, and you have 23 pairs of them, deep down in the nucleus of all 37 trillion cells in your body.
Dr. Beth Sullivan, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, studies chromosome rearrangements in her lab and how they may cause disease.