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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In addition to several inches of snow across much of North Carolina, Stein warned about potential overwash on the Outer Banks and wind chills well below zero degrees Fahrenheit in western North Carolina. -
In its proposed 2025 resource plan, Duke Energy said it wants to add seven combustion turbines in the coming years. The utility is considering Belews Creek for two of those. -
A winter storm is expected to bring several inches of snow to much of North Carolina over the weekend. Officials expect that driving on the state's roads could be treacherous. -
N.C. State Highway Patrol reports more than 300 crashes on state roads during winter storm, while utilities are reporting more than 17,000 power outages. The storm is expected to last into early Monday. -
A winter storm is expected to bring snow, sleet and ice to North Carolina over the weekend. That's expected to result in widespread power outages and make travel risky into the early part of next week. -
National Weather Service forecasters expect the winter storm to cause half an inch of ice to accumulate across broad swaths of North Carolina this weekend, making travel dangerous. -
North Carolina has seen 11 measles cases since December, with many of them occurring in communities where vaccination rates are below a level that would prevent community spread. -
A winter storm is expected to impact much of North Carolina over the weekend, bringing frigid temperatures and icy conditions. Duke Energy is warning that prolonged outages are possible. -
North Carolina needs $5 million for the federal government to provide $125 million for the SUN Bucks program. It helps feed more than a million kids. -
The state reported 63 additional flu deaths this week, bringing the season's total to 134 deaths. That's much higher than last year at this point.
