Category Archives: WPTF News

New psychiatry residency program aims to strengthen mental health care in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A new initiative is working to broaden mental health services in Eastern North Carolina, focusing on rural areas and military families. But with a nationwide shortage of healthc...
Curtis Media Apr 25, 2025

Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs
By HOLLY RAMER and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated PressCONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public s...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology WriterAshley Dayer’s dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career prof...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs
By HOLLY RAMER and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools wi...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

US election officials question agency about Trump’s order overhauling election operations
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - State and local election officials from around the country on Thursday questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President&nbs...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

Students and residents protest UNC’s coal plant over health and climate concerns
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – Dozens of students and Chapel Hill residents gathered to protest the continued operation of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus co-generation plant, c...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

Students and residents protest UNC’s coal plant over health and climate concerns
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – Dozens of students and Chapel Hill residents gathered to protest the continued operation of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus co-generation plant, c...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer Ashley Dayer's dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with ...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

US election officials question agency about Trump's order overhauling election operations
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - State and local election officials from around the country on Thursday questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President Do...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025

North Carolina judges block GOP law to strip governor’s election board powers
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina trial judges threw out on Wednesday another Republican attempt to strip the governor of his authority to ap...
Curtis Media Apr 24, 2025
