Category Archives: WPTF News
NC State Health Plan Board of Trustees to End Coverage for Popular Weight-Loss Drugs like Wegovy
Medicine with apple and tape measure (Image used under license from Shutterstock.com)Anthony DeHartThe State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted Thursday to end all coverage of popular weight-loss dru...
Jan 28, 2024
Applications Open for Absentee Ballots in Advance of March 5 Primaries
Voting Stickers (Image used under license from Shutterstock.com)Anthony DeHartNorth Carolina voters go to the polls March 5 to decide nominees for races including president, governor, and other statew...
Jan 21, 2024
Joe Biden Comes to Raleigh, Announces $82 Million Investment in High-Speed Internet
Joe Biden Speaking in Raleigh, (Photo Credit: Anthony DeHart, WPTF/ Curtis Media Group)Anthony DeHartPresident Joe Biden came to Raleigh Thursday afternoon and spoke to an intimate crowd at Abbotts Cr...
Jan 21, 2024
Bob Orr on NCAA: “Lack of Institutional Control”
Former State Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr (Image Credit: Kristine Bellino, WPTF News/ Curtis Media Group) Anthony DeHartFormer State Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, who has represented University of N...
Jan 14, 2024
Wake County Man Charged With Sexually Exploiting Minor
Mugshot of suspect, (Photo Credit: Garner PD)Anthony DeHartGarner police have arrested 34-year-old Darryl Edwin Foley II and charged him with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor....
Jan 12, 2024
Indigenous Group Plans Legal Action Against Buc-ee’s Development After Mebane City Council Approval
Packaging from Buc-ee’s Gas Station, (Photo Credit Kristine Bellino, WPTF News/ Curtis Media Group) Anthony DeHartWPTF Exclusive:Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck, co-founder of the group 7 Direction...
Jan 10, 2024
One company helps student caregivers reimagine care work
Raymond Williams and McKenna Graf look through photos (Photo Credit: Daniel Masterson, UNC Media Hub) Hannah Kaufman, UNC Media HubPaula Poe had just left the house and gotten into the car, and alread...
Jan 05, 2024
WPTF MORNING SHOW 12/15/23: Paws For Life, and TapYard
If you missed Thursdayday’s interviews, or want to listen to them again, here’s a recap! INTERVIEW WITH PAWS FOR LIFE Paws For Life is an animal rescue in the Triangle, helping dogs and ca...
Dec 15, 2023
Inmates Help Officer After Medical Emergency at Wake County Detention Center
Detention Officer Rosina Rosado in the Wake County Detention Center (Photo credit: Anthony DeHart, WPTF/Curtis Media Group). Anthony DeHartOn Thursday, November 17, Detention Officer Rosina Rosado col...
Dec 01, 2023
WPTF Morning Show 12/01/23
If you missed Friday morning’s show, here is a full recap! Remember you can tune in to WPTF Morning Show weekdays from 6-9 a.m. on 98.5FM and 680AM in the Triangle, or worldwide on WPTF.com and ...
Dec 01, 2023