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Documentary Screening 2022. Source: Melinda Sampson, NC Stop Human Trafficking
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Documentary Showing Reality of Human Trafficking in North Carolina to be Release Jan. 26

January 12, 2022 Guest Author or Contributor

NC Stop Human Trafficking, along with its partner the North Carolina Network for Safe Communities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will release the much-anticipated documentary “Human Trafficking in North Carolina,” virtually on […]

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Red Cross to Host Free Disaster Action Team Boot Camp for Interested Volunteers

October 15, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Red Cross disaster volunteers serve our neighbors in need every day. They’re installing smoke alarms and on the scene of home fires. They’re also responding to major disasters like Hurricanes Ida. The Red Cross is […]

Illustrations of the projects that were selected for Phase I of the 2021 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Source: NASA
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Watch NIAC Online: Visionary Tech Concepts Could Pioneer the Future in Space

September 17, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Dozens of concepts are being presented at this year’s NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium, including eight led by technologists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA missions make it seem like the future is now — […]

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Knightdale, NC: Register for Free Covid-19 Vaccination Information Webinar on Sept. 8

September 3, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The Town of Knightdale is partnering with WakeMed and the Wake County Public Health Department to host a free webinar on COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 6-7pm. The webinar, “COVID-19 Vaccines: Separating Fact […]

Rod Roddenberry, top left, George Takei, Tracy Drain, Jonny Kim, bottom left, Swati Mohan, and Hortense Diggs participate in a panel discussion as part of the program Celebrating Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek's Bridge and NASA. Credits: NASA
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NASA Helps Celebrate Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry’s Centennial on Aug. 19

August 18, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper. The agency will observe the late Gene […]

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Wake Forest, NC: Community invited to COVID Vaccine Information Webinar on Aug. 19

August 5, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The Town of Wake Forest is partnering with WakeMed and the Wake County Public Health Department to host a free webinar on COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday, August 19, 2021, 6-7pm. “COVID-19 Vaccines: Separating Fact from […]

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North Carolina Writers’ Network to Hold Inaugural “Game Night” Online

July 19, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The North Carolina Writers’ Network encourages “the serious pursuit of writing excellence. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have serious fun.” Join the fun on Thursday, August 12, 2021, 7pm, as the North Carolina Writers’ Network […]

The Wayne County Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Source: Jennifer Kuykendall
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Goldsboro, NC Museum offers USCT History Event on Mar. 27

March 22, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The Wayne County Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina is offering a free event on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at 1pm.  The event, Fighting for Freedom, Black Soldiers of the Civil War, is presented on the 156th […]

Imperial Centre will hold a Virtual Christmas Celebration December 4, 2020. Source: Jessie Nunery, City of Rocky Mount, NC
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Imperial Centre to hold Virtual Christmas Celebration

November 6, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Local voices will fill the Imperial Centre with the sounds of Christmas on Friday, December 4, 2020, 6pm, during An Imperial Centre Christmas celebration. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event will take place virtually, but will give […]

Enjoy Fall 2020 Storytime Online Monday evenings. Source: Wake Forest Renaissance Centre
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Wake Forest Renaissance Centre’s Monday Night Online Bedtime Stories to Run Oct. 12-Dec. 28

October 12, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Every child loves a good bedtime story. That’s why the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre is partnering with Page 158 Books to introduce a 12-week bedtime story reading series on the Renaissance Centre Facebook page for […]

The virtual North Carolina South and East Asian Film Festival 2020. Source: NCISAFF
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Watch NC South and East Asian Film Festival Screenings Online Sept. 12-13

August 31, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

NC South and East Asian Film Festival Celebrates 6th-annual Virtual Storytelling through Art of Moving Images Get ready for another year of remarkable films, with the virtual 6th-annual North Carolina South and East Asian Film […]

Artist's conception of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt object, part of an extended mission after the spacecraft’s July 2015 Pluto flyby. New Horizons is set to fly past 2014 MU69 – a KBO currently about a billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto, on January 1, 2019. Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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NASA Hosts Facebook Live Jan. 19 on New Horizons Mission

January 17, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo (NASA HQ) and Michael Buckley (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) Members of NASA’s New Horizons team will discuss the achievements of the first encounter with Pluto and look […]

Latest News, Events & Features

  • Source: The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, Selma, North Carolina.
    Selma, NC: Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum Announces 2022 Juneteenth Program
    June 14, 2022
  • Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina logo
    Wake Forest, NC: Freedom Walk to highlight Saturday’s Juneteenth Celebration
    June 14, 2022
  • Musician Freddy Greene. Source: FCAC
    Louisburg, NC: Tickets on Sale for “Diversity in the Arts” Event on Jun. 25
    June 10, 2022
  • Five Points Crossing Groundbreaking June 9, 2022, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Source: City of Rocky Mount
    Rocky Mount, NC: Construction Begins at Five Points Crossing Affordable Housing Community
    June 10, 2022
  • County Lines: A Literary Journal "call for submissions" is open and continues through August 2022. Source: Kim Beall
    Call for submissions: County Lines Literary Journal 2023
    May 20, 2022
  • Strawberries Spring 2022. Photo: Kay Whatley
    “JoCo Grows” Agriculture Initiatives Continue Through 2022 Strawberry Season
    May 17, 2022
  • Cats and Dogs. Credit: Frank and Kay Whatley, Nadia Ethier
    NC Public Animal Shelter Annual Report 2021 Released: Public Cat and Dog Euthanasia Numbers
    May 17, 2022
  • "Chicken" is one of many films to be presented during the Franklin Flicks/NCISAFF dates in May and June 2022
    North Carolina South & East Asian Hollywood Film Festival to be held on May 21
    May 6, 2022
  • Writing time during the Spring Writers' Retreat 2022 at Rolling View State Park. Photo: Donna Campbell Smith
    FCAC Writers’ Retreat Provided Advice, Writing Time in Beautiful Park
    May 5, 2022
  • April Zilg, NC/USA, 2021 and 2022 Carolina Cup Graveyard Race Champion. Source: Robert B Butler
    Coveted Carolina Cup titles won by Booth of Australia and USA’s Zilg
    May 5, 2022
  • Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival, prior year photo. Source: Downtown Smithfield Development Corp.
    Smithfield, NC: Ham & Yam Festival Set for May 7
    May 2, 2022
  • Arbor Day Festival 2022, Raleigh, NC. Source: We Plant It Forward
    We Plant it Forward Celebrates US 150th Arbor Day with Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on Apr. 24
    April 20, 2022
  • Photo from FCAC Writers Retreat. Source: Jackie Dove-Miller
    Register Now for Writers Spring Retreat in Durham, NC on Apr. 23
    April 13, 2022
  • Red wolf puppy. Photo: Ryan Nordsven/USFWS
    Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation
    April 13, 2022
  • Sandra Bryant Richardson of Open-Minded Developmental Services, Inc.
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    April 8, 2022
  • NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
    NC Poultry Shows and Public Sales Suspended until Further Notice Due to High Path Avian Influenza
    April 5, 2022
  • Crowds at the 2021 "301 Endless Yard Sale" shop along a row of vendor booths. Source: Ashby Brame, Johnston County NC
    Selma, NC & Beyond: The 301 Endless Yard Sale Reaches Year 10
    March 14, 2022
  • Kings of Southern Soul Concert poster. Source: MBT Marketing Solutions & Associates
    Rocky Mount, NC: Kings of Southern Soul Concert Set for Apr. 30
    March 7, 2022
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    March 3, 2022
  • NC Governor Roy Cooper touring PoleVolt in Charlotte. Source: NC Office of the Governor sm
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    February 25, 2022
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    Greenville, NC: Shuck ‘N’ Pluck Fundraiser for Soup Kitchen to be Held Mar. 12
    February 24, 2022
  • Author Rose Cushing, "Fortunate Tides" book cover
    Middlesex, NC Author’s First Novel Released
    February 24, 2022
  • Degradation and movement of the wooden beams over time are causing the barn to slide slowly off it’s stone foundation. Source: Melody L. Worthington, Tobacco Farm Life Museum
    Kenly, NC: Tobacco Farm Life Museum’s Historic Tobacco Barn At Risk
    February 24, 2022
  • One of the labels released with the USDA FSIS recall for Morgan Foods, Feb 2022.
    Skyline Chili Products Recall: Can Contents May Be Soup, Not Chili
    February 16, 2022
  • Coastal cities like Miami, shown, already experience high-tide flooding. But a new federal interagency report projects an uptick in the frequency and intensity of such events in the coming decades because of rising seas. Credit: B137 (CC-BY)
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    February 15, 2022
  • Mt. Olive products. Source: Mt. Olive Pickle Co.
    Mt. Olive Pickle to Expand in Goldsboro, NC with a $35 Million Investment
    February 11, 2022
  • Logo of Franklin County Arts Council, Louisburg, NC
    Franklin County Arts Council to Hold Open House: Meet New Executive Director on Feb. 19
    February 11, 2022
  • Carolina Wren by Bette Parette. Source: Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count
    Join the Global Community for the Great Backyard Bird Count
    February 11, 2022

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A colony of Adélie penguins in Antarctica. Researchers used the chemistry of penguin poo preserved in these sediments to reconstruct 6,000 years of Antarctic Ocean circulation. Credit:  Yuesong Gao
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Preserved Penguin Poo Reveals Past Antarctic Ocean Circulation Changes

September 21, 2021

Shifts from feast to famine contributed to Adélie penguin population boom or bust over 6,000 years Preserved penguin poo may be the key to connecting past Antarctic Ocean conditions and penguin populations, shedding light on how the […]

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The Strange-ness: Colorado Movies-on-Mattresses Event Goes Wrong, Then Goes Viral

August 20, 2019

Been to an outdoor movie lately?  Your town’s movie event likely didn’t get national attention like The Bed Cinema’s event in Denver, Colorado this week. Set up as four days of movie-watching on comfy air […]

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The Strange-ness: Streets Change with Rain

June 8, 2016

A group in Boston has inscribed poetry on the streets of Boston MA; poetry that is only seen when it rains. Using stencils and water repellent, the poems are placed on a sidewalk or similar […]

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