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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North Carolina's hazard mapping program is trying to better predict which landslide-prone places face threats in future storms. The state's geological survey responded to more slides after Helene than it had between 1990 and 2023. -
Stein touted efforts to help people leaving prison find jobs, housing and healthcare. But he said more work is needed on mental health to keep communities safe. -
New business formations reached record pace in North Carolina in the second half of 2025. Elaine Marshall says her team needs more staff to handle all the paperwork. -
Rep. Mike Schietzelt is seeking his second term to represent House District 35, which runs across northern and eastern Wake county. -
Rep. Jake Johnson is a member of N.C. House leadership now. His challenger, Mike Hager, was the House majority leader before resigning the seat nearly a decade ago. -
Local governments use property taxes to pay for services. But with home values rising, so have taxes, raising alarm for some. -
The Trump endorsement is highly coveted in competitive Republican primaries. -
Chapel Hill Schools voted in 2024 to disregard state law around children changing their names or pronouns and a ban on instruction addressing gender identity before 5th grade. -
Economic development officials have focused on certain sectors, with job announcements paced by the largest in North Carolina's history. -
The deadline to apply for Renew NC recovery assistance is December 31.
