Co-written and produced with Madyson Fair and Lili Stapel Health care and Medicaid expansion, housing, inflation, education, student loans forgiveness, opioid addiction, abortion were the topics for the only debate between the newly re-drawn 119 district for North Carolina Congress. The incumbent Mike Clampitt, a retired fire captain from Bryson City, won the district for […]
Election day at the Jackson County Board of Elections
November 22, 2022 by
Story co-produced with Luke Grozier, Jake Harkey, and Bryson Jusko Jackson County Board of Election voting site was the busy place during the midterm elections this year. Throughout the day there were steady number of people casting their votes. There were no long lines and the process was taking less then 10 minutes. Voters were […]
New sheriff in town
November 22, 2022 by
Co-reported/ produced with Chloe Ettinger and Victor VenJohn Jackson County will have a new sheriff in town. Doug Farmer, republican candidate won on the 2022 midterm elections with almost 53 percent of the votes. With that he made a history. There has not been a republican sheriff in Jackson for over 80 years. Farmer will […]
WCU students on the topic of abortion during the 2022 elections
November 17, 2022 by
Story co-produced with Madison Pait With the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the summer abortion was one of the issues that made people go out to vote in this midterm elections. However the turnout was not the best and the Republican candidates won in North Carolina which might have an impact on the current […]
Jackson County will see more conservative policies
November 11, 2022 by
Republican party are winners in the 2020 midterm elections but experts say it is not the expected red wave. Jackson County was no exception. The turnout for this election was 50% which is lower then 2018 and a lot lower from the 2020 elections when over 72% of registered voters in the county casted their […]
Youth voters and voting affiliation at WCU
November 10, 2022 by
Story co-produced with Austin Ross and Abigail Quinn Unaffiliated voters are the largest voting bloc in North Carolina at 75% according to Blue Ridge Public Radio, making it a purple state. A poll taken of WCU students supports this conclusion and shows that a larger percentage of students are unaffiliated. Prior the midterm elections we […]
