NC News Roundup: wildfire update from WNC; a new North Carolina 'bathroom bill'; a leading state lawmaker steps down

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NC News Roundup: wildfire update from WNC; a new North Carolina 'bathroom bill'; a leading state lawmaker steps down

By Jeff Tiberii,

Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra, Rachel McCarthy

Published March 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM EDT

Thick smoke covers the areas surrounding Green River Cove Road on Saturday as the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires continue to burn.

Wildfires in the western reaches of our state, a new North Carolina "bathroom bill," a leading state lawmaker steps down, updates on two state immigration bills, and the Duke men's basketball team advances to the Elite Eight.

Due South's Jeff Tiberii is joined by a panel of journalists to talk about all that and more on the North Carolina News Roundup.

Guests

Dawn Vaughan, Capitol Bureau Chief, The News & Observer

Lucille Sherman, Reporter, Axios Raleigh

Gary Robertson, Statehouse Reporter, Associated Press

Laura Lee, News Director, Blue Ridge Public Radio

Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra, Race, Class and Communities Reporter, 深夜福利

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Jeff joined 深夜福利 in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and 深夜福利鈥檚 Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary 鈥淩ight Turn,鈥� launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra

Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra covers issues of race, class, and communities for 深夜福利.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 深夜福利 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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