Cole del Charco
Producer, "Due South"Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.
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The federal government has cut a program that made sure schools and food banks could buy fresh food from farmers. The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is bracing for the aftermath. -
A zoomed-in look at private school vouchers in North Carolina focusing on one county. New Hanover County. -
Secret buildings. Loud electronic hums. You might be closer to a data center than you think. Tech reporter Brian Gordon has the scoop on the energy-needy facilities that make your smartphone go. -
Why online Gen Z folks hate millennials’ tendency to turn the inside of modernist homes “gray and boring.” -
Dr. Mandy Cohen became a household name in North Carolina after the virus spread to the state. She led the state Department of Health and Human Services under Gov. Roy Cooper, and went on to lead the CDC during the Biden administration. -
An innovator in jazz, Django Reinhardt created a subgenre all his own. Now in its fourth edition, the Carrboro festival honors his influence and the genre of Jazz Manouche he created with performances, and workshops at Cat’s Cradle later this month. -
A deal to move a Confederate monument in front of the Edenton Town Council fell through. What’s next for the statue, and the lawsuits over its position. -
Funding from the federal government is often tied to metrics. The US Department of Transportation says it may give preference to, “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” -
Hurricane Helene hit areas north of Asheville particularly hard. That’s where flooding from the North Toe River devastated Spruce Pine, a town of about 2,000 people. -
Colloquially bird flu, or officially the H5N1 avian influenza, has been spreading among wild birds and poultry. While the public health risk remains low, there are some preventative measures you can take.
