The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the eighth school to extend a verbal scholarship offer Samari Matthews. The Hough High School freshman standout plays defensive back for the Huskies.
At WFAE, we expanded our climate coverage in 2021. That meant launching a new climate newsletter and taking a more focused approach to reporting on this all-important topic. From sea-level rise on the South Carolina coast to the lingering effects of a gas spill in Huntersville to debate over a lithium mine west of Charlotte, these are some of the most important climate and environment stories we told this year.
Is there anything more precious than our natural resources and the world around us? This year, we expanded our reporting on energy, the environment and
Saturday marks one year since the discovery of a massive gasoline spill on the Colonial Pipeline in Huntersville, north of Charlotte. Officials say they're still researching the extent of the spill and they aren't sure how long it will take to clean up. As one of the largest gasoline spills on land in the United States, it continues to raise concerns from neighbors and officials from Huntersville to Raleigh to Washington, D.C.