After a surge in Border Patrol activity in North Carolina's largest city over the weekend, including dozens of arrests, Gov. Josh Stein said the effort is “stoking fear," not making Charlotte safer.

High Point resident Ahmed Salim noticed an oddly large amount of bamboo in his neighborhood. WFDD's Amy Diaz spoke with a local expert on invasive plants to find out why there's so much of it in the area.

Federal officials have started a surge of immigration enforcement in Charlotte, North Carolina. Agents were seen making arrests on Saturday. Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says the move aims to ensure public safety.

The Guilford County Democratic Party has selected former public school teacher Amanda Cook to fill the remainder of Brockman's term.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were seen making arrests along two of Charlotte's main immigrant corridors on Saturday, prompting businesses to close and restaurants to lock their doors. The arrests preceded a protest in uptown, were tensions ran high over the deployment of federal immigration agents to Charlotte.

Law enforcement said Carlos Colindres was last seen leaving a party in October.

Officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown. They describe it as an invasion and urge residents to protest peacefully and record agents' actions from a distance.

Democratic Party leaders in Guilford County will meet tomorrow to choose a replacement for the High Point lawmaker, who resigned in late October.

As the fate of SNAP was being debated in Washington, many WIC recipients became confused and stopped attending appointments, even though the program was and is operating fully.

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University officials announced she donated $63 million to the school.