Adam Wagner
NC Newsroom Editor/ReporterAdam Wagner is an editor/reporter with the NC Newsroom, a journalism collaboration expanding state government news coverage for North Carolina audiences. The collaboration is funded by a two-year grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Adam can be reached at awagner@ncnewsroom.org
Wagner has more than 10 years of North Carolina reporting experience. Most recently, he served as Climate Change and Environmental Reporter at the News & Observer. There, he was part of a team that won several national awards for the investigative series Big Poultry, including an Investigative Reporters & Editors award and the Victor K. McElheny Award. As a reporter for the StarNews in Wilmington, he helped lead the team that broke the GenX/PFAS story. Wagner is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism & Honors program at Ohio University.
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Sound Rivers had alleged that Mungo Homes was polluting a pair of tributaries to Lick Creek in Southeast Durham while building a 216-acre development. -
Berger, Hall say General Assembly will take up criminal justice bill in response to Charlotte murderThe August murder of Iryna Zarutska has caused national outrage, notably from President Donald Trump and his supporters. -
Boliek's announcement comes days after video of an August stabbing on a CATS light rail train was made public. There has been significant national outrage about the incident.
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The district is facing a deficit of more than $46 million. A recent report from State Auditor Dave Boliek found numerous decisions that resulted in it spending more money than it brought in. -
The federal government has appropriated about $5 billion to Helene relief. Stein says that pales in comparison to other large hurricanes, and Western NC needs more. -
The General Assembly has passed a pair of bills making minor adjustments to last year's state budget, but a full spending package remains out of reach. -
The Mitchell County operation only formally sought a permit after state regulators discovered that it was already operating illegally. -
The N.C. Utilities Commission directed Duke to work with wind energy developers to see if committing to a wind farm by the mid-2030s is cost effective. -
State Treasurer Brad Briner has said the plan faced a $500 million deficit in 2026 without major changes. Increasing premiums was a key step to bolstering the state's health insurance offering. -
The Health Plan has kept premiums steady by using reserves for years. Now, those reserves are gone and administrators say major changes are necessary.
