Mitchell Northam
Digital News ProducerMitchell Northam is a Digital Producer for WUNC. He was born in Iceland, but grew up eating blue crabs and scrapple on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
In addition to working at the Delmarva Daily Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, his work has also been featured at SB Nation, the Orlando Sentinel, NCAA.com, Sports Illustrated, Pittsburgh Sports Now, and the Associated Press. He is a graduate of Salisbury University and has won awards from the MD-DC Press Association and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. He is also a voter in the AP Top 25 poll for women's college basketball.
His first book — "High School Basketball on Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Shore Hoops History" — was published in May 2022.
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Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and Duke held off a second half rally by North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night in Charlotte to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game. -
On this week's North Carolina News Roundup, Gov. Stein's State of the State address and House Speaker Destin Hall's response, the NC Senate votes to ban DEI in public schools, and an ACC men's basketball tournament update from Charlotte. Plus, how USDA grant freezes are impacting a Warren County farm. -
Much of central and eastern North Carolina is in a tornado watch on Wednesday. -
National parks across the U.S. are not immune to the Trump administration’s cuts, and North Carolina is already seeing the impact. -
Re-freezing could also result in black ice and slick travel conditions. Significant ice accumulations were forecast in eastern North Carolina, the National Weather Service said. -
In February, Winston-Salem’s historic Bowman Gray Stadium hosted a NASCAR series race for the first time in more than 50 years. -
In a statement to WUNC, the Charlotte Hornets confirmed its ownership group is backing a bid to bring a WNBA expansion franchise to Charlotte. The Sting played in Charlotte from 1997 to 2006. -
A standing-room-only crowd filled Winston-Salem's Bowman Gray Stadium this weekend for the Clash — the first NASCAR Cup Series event held at the historic venue since 1971. 60% of the tickets sold were to folks from outside North Carolina's Triad. 29-year-old Chase Elliott took the checkered flag. -
The officer who was shot was transported to WakeMed hospital and remains in critical condition as of Wednesday morning. Additionally, two people involved with the case — the suspect and another adult male — are dead, police said. -
The National Weather Service says 1.5 inches of snow fell at Raleigh-Durham International Airport overnight — a record that ties the 2022 mark. In eastern North Carolina, Morehead City saw five inches of snow.
