January 2024 Archives

In-depth news: Excepts of Carolina Connection coverage of campus shooting and lockdowns

January 21, 2024

This edited compilation contains excerpts of Carolina Connection’s coverage of a fatal shooting on the UNC campus and two campus lockdowns. The excerpts are from stories broadcast during the Carolina Connection programs on Sep. 16, Sep. 23, and Sep. 30, 2023.

North Carolina’s first ‘Safe Parking Site’ creates space for homeless people in cars

January 14, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

The Greensboro site is intended to be a place where anyone can stay in their cars for free overnight or during the day, without being hassled and asked to move.

UNC’s Long COVID Recovery Clinic helps patients cope with lingering symptoms

January 14, 2024 Henry Taylor

A UNC clinic is working to help long COVID patients cope with their symptoms, while trying to get to the bottom of what causes some people’s symptoms to linger for months or years.

Mead, or honey wine, is making a resurgence in North Carolina

January 14, 2024 Henry Taylor

Mead is the oldest alcoholic drink, but it has long since fallen out of fashion. Now the drink is becoming popular again as more meaderies open their doors.

‘Larks and ravens’: a new spin on contra dancing

January 12, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

As contra dancing has spread beyond its country roots to bigger cities, suburbs and college towns, many groups have started using gender neutral terms instead of “ladies” and “gents”.