Hear about different environmental stories from around Western North Carolina. We got a behind the scenes of a day-in-the-life of a N.C. Forest Service Ranger based out of Macon County. Greening up the Mountain Festival was at the end of April and the artists from the Green Energy Park showcased some of their art at […]
Archives for May 2025
Department of Education changes worry students about future
May 8, 2025 by
Videos produced by Anthony Fowler. With executive orders like “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” and “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” the Trump administration has already made many significant changes to the Department of Education. Many of the changes that have been made fall in line with Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership: The […]
Microplastics in watershed in Haywood County
May 7, 2025 by
Research at Richland Creek watershed, a head water way that flows through Waynesville, has been found of nine micro plastic particles per liter, which for a perspective is about 20 particles in a 2-liter bottle. Microplastics are classified as a “contaminant of emerging concern,” meaning that being exposed to low levels over long periods of time […]
Undiagnosed ADHD might be the reason some female students are struggling
May 7, 2025 by
“My professor assigned 50 pages of Plato. And on the fourth reread, I went, ‘Okay. I’m like, really struggling to keep my attention here, and this is a problem because I got my degree in literature.’ So I was like, I need to be able to read this,” said Haylee Melton, writing and learning commons […]
The seasons and their effect on mental health
May 7, 2025 by
The sun has many positive impacts on our lives every day, including helping us grow plants and telling us the time of day. But the sun also helps people’s moods, preventing seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that comes around during different seasons, according to the United Kingdom […]
Scammers go phishing for students information through emails
May 7, 2025 by
With students getting hundreds of emails a day for school, it’s hard to sort through all of them to figure out which are real and which are scammers. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, phishing is a way people try to “trick us into opening harmful links or downloading malicious software.” “These […]
