Category Archives: WPTF News
Apple Expected to Enter AI Race With Ambitions to Overtake the Early Leaders
A Laptop Half Closed Photo (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com)Michael Liedtke Via AP NewsApple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the company&...
Jun 10, 2024
North Carolina Driver’s License Backlog May Soon End, DMV Commissioner Says
A Man Shows a Drivers License (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com)Makiya Seminera Via AP NewsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Thousands of North Carolinians waiting to receive their driver's license c...
Jun 07, 2024
North Carolina GOP Lawmakers Agree to Add a Health Exemption to a Bill That Limits Masking
Ill Man in Glasses Feeling Sick (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com)Makiya Seminere Via AP NEWSRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in North Carolina struck a compromise on a bill tha...
Jun 07, 2024
NC Treasurer Asks General Assembly To Cover State Health Plan Shortfall
RALEIGH, NC – State Treasurer Dale Folwell is asking the General Assembly to provide $240 million in emergency funding for the State Health Plan.Folwell says the State Health Plan spent $500 mil...
Jun 06, 2024
UNC Libraries Still Negotiating with Publishers over AI Contract Language
Graphic Credit: Jane Durden [Photo Credit: Number background: Unsplash, Photo of Davis Library: UNC Libraries, Journals: Adobe Stock, Elsevier logo: Elsevier.]Story by Hannah RosenbergerGraphics by Ja...
May 28, 2024
Forecasters predict above-normal hurricane activity
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA's outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane seaso...
May 24, 2024
Governor Cooper heading to Europe on economic development trip
RALEIGH – Governor Cooper and other state officials are traveling to Europe on an economic development trip. The delegation will meet with companies and government officials in France, Germany a...
May 24, 2024
Carolina Hurricanes select Eric Tulsky as interim GM after Don Waddell resigns
RALEIGH - Less than 24 hours after news surfaced that other teams were looking to hire him, Don Waddell has resigned as President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes. Eric Tulsky has been n...
May 24, 2024
Garner Homeless Camp Spokesperson Revealed as Convicted Felon and Sex Offender
Mug shot of Valdez, Photo Courtesy of the Wake County Sherriff’s officeChris EdwardsBased on public documents and reliable sources, WPTF has confirmed that Jason “Wild Horse” Valdez,...
Apr 24, 2024
2024 State Energy Conference of North Carolina Concluding at NC State University
Entrance table at the 2024 State Energy Conference (Photo Credit Darren Smith, North Carolina News Network/ Curtis Media Group)WPTF Staff2024 State Energy Conference of North Carolina Wraps Up Today a...
Apr 24, 2024