Cole del Charco
Morning ReporterCole del Charco is WUNC’s morning reporter. He’s worked for WUNC since 2019.
Previously, he worked as the station's Fletcher Fellow for education policy reporting. He grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a B.A. from the School of Media and Journalism, and spent his first year out of college working with WFAE, Charlotte's NPR member station. Cole loves pine trees, sunny days and the mountains of North Carolina.
Tweets at @ColedelCharco
Cole del Charco worked at WUNC from May 2019 to December 2021.
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The "Second Chance Act," which was signed into law in June 2020, makes it easier to clear records of non-violent misdemeanors and minor felonies for 16 and 17-year-olds who were prosecuted as adults. -
Two buildings on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill that had previously been named after white supremacists will now honor the school's first Black professor, Hortense McClinton, and the first American Indian student, Henry Owl.
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The NFL has partnered with four universities to study impacts to football players’ heads during practices and games. UNC-Chapel Hill expands on its concussion research with the new program.
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A new report finds fewer people are being jailed in Durham, but those who are, are staying longer.
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North Carolina will have more than 400,000 doses of the low-dose Pfizer COVID-19 shot within the next week. The vaccine has been approved for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11.
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In areas where the COVID-19 pandemic is under control, populations could use air duct testing as a surveillance measure, and if the virus is found, use clinical tests to locate it more precisely.
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Students for Fair Admissions, Incorporated sued UNC-Chapel Hill. The advocacy group argued that UNC's admissions policies were racially discriminatory against Asian American and white students.
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Gun-related offenses in North Carolina are up among older children, but have held steady with younger kids. Safer Schools Task Force leaders say it may be because of unattended firearms.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has canceled classes on Tuesday in observance of a campus-wide Wellness Day after a series of suicides on campus in the last month.
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Non-essential city building lights in Raleigh will be shut off each night from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. through the end of November to help with bird migration.
