Sascha Cordner

Daily News Editor at @WUNC. Fmr stations: @NPR's The Texas Newsroom based at @HoustonPubMedia, @wabenews, @WFSUnews, & @WUFTNews. @UFJSchool Alumni. Go Gators!

[Sascha Cordner @SaschaCordner]

As part of @HoustonPubMedia's local series of the #BlackChurchPBS called "Keeping The Faith: The Black Church In Houston," I talked with @BishopJDixon from The Community of Faith Church. #BlackHistoryMonth

Watch here: https://t.co/7LyhpMLPj0 OR https://t.co/WotDmovLAJ

[Colin Campbell @RaleighReporter]

And there we have it! @JoshStein_ has won even as a lot of other #ncpol races, including presidential, remain very close

[Colin Campbell @RaleighReporter]

DJs at the polls might be my favorite new election trend -- this group had them at 1,400 (!) different polling sites in NC today, WUNC's Abigail Celoria reports:
https://t.co/0RgQPUCcyM #ncpol

[WUNC @wunc]

The Cartner Christmas Tree Farm was chosen by the White House for being the grand champions of a national competition. Located in western North Carolina, the farm experienced some damage to its trees by Helene.

https://t.co/aD8aJrilhy

[Colin Campbell @RaleighReporter]

I stopped by NPR's All Things Considered today to give an overview of #ncpol action two weeks out from Election Day:

https://t.co/4VGEm8zNzx

[Colin Campbell @RaleighReporter]

In McDowell County, students from flooded Old Fort Elementary are returning to class Monday — but not to their school. https://t.co/fpi1UauoCo

[WUNC @wunc]

This is actually huge:

With internet shortages/outages after Helene, getting info has been harder b/c news websites with photos and video are slow to load. BPR launched a text only website that will load better even with spotty wifi

https://t.co/AEOIDJ6yJP

Absolutely brilliant

[Sharryse Piggott @SharryseP]

Wake County Libraries now offering free online bilingual tutoring service https://t.co/3lqzqVRCto

[Sharryse Piggott @SharryseP]

Raleigh is set to begin the first phase of a new pilot to combat homelessness next month https://t.co/PoC9FHBFaA

[WUNC @wunc]

Ordered by the North Carolina Supreme Court to reprint absentee ballots, the state elections board said it's unsure when it can start sending ballots to voters who have requested them, reports @rustyjacobsWUNC.

https://t.co/PSnFP8hFpz

[WUNC @wunc]

Black student enrollment dropped significantly at UNC-Chapel Hill following last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision to end race-based affirmative action policies.

https://t.co/IHSWMYTx1g

[WUNC @wunc]

In the one year since a professor was killed at UNC-Chapel Hill, university officials have changed how they train for and respond to an active shooter on campus, reports @batkinson2501.

https://t.co/okSFrjuXJu

[WUNC @wunc]

Heavy rainfall over the last several weeks has pulled many parts of North Carolina out of extreme drought.

WUNC's Will Michaels spoke with North Carolina's assistant state climatologist about this major shift.

https://t.co/zI0KLQuJxz

[WUNC @wunc]

BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION.

Biden plans to serve out the remainder of his term in office, which ends at noon on Jan. 20, 2025.

"I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down..."

https://t.co/i0KR328rOl

[Brianna Atkinson @batkinson2501]

I checked in with UNC System unis to see how they were complying with the BOG’s DEI policy repeal. At least one university is closing its DEI office. Others have already changed job titles and deleted their DEI websites. More @wunc & @opencampusmedia https://t.co/Ctdia2HvgW
#nced

[Eli Chen 陳歆 @StoriesByEli]

My latest @wunc looks at the power of the growing Asian American electorate in North Carolina and highlights the voices of those who've taken on the effort to run voter registration drives, civic leadership programs and advocate on issues that matter to AAPI communities

[WUNC @wunc]

Called the “Intertribal Canoe Song,” it was written, in part, by children from the Catawba Nation and seven other North Carolina tribes: the Coharie, Haliwa Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi, Sappony and Waccamaw Siouan.

https://t.co/EcR6dh7ARO

[WUNC @wunc]

This week on The Broadside: A deadly fungus is devastating worldwide banana crops. As @radiobkg reports, researchers in North Carolina are working on a way to save the banana.

https://t.co/oHWqnRnUsu

[Liz Schlemmer @LSchlemmer_WUNC]

New: NC public schools are testing for lead in drinking water with 'once-in-a-generation' funding

NC put $150m in federal relief funds to test schools for lead and abestos - and to clean up any hazards found! Good news for public health. #nced #ncpol

https://t.co/dPnHq72XXF

[WUNC @wunc]

The family of Darryl Tyree Williams has filed a lawsuit against the city of Raleigh, claiming Raleigh police officers unlawfully detained and tased him during an encounter last year that resulted in his death.

https://t.co/CjMXnbJ5jg

[Liz Schlemmer @LSchlemmer_WUNC]

New: A rural North Carolina school district welcomes affordable housing complex for teachers

These new apartments open for Bertie County Schools' teachers this summer @BCoSchools #nced

https://t.co/2nbjB4IQMa