Naomi P. Brown
Midday News HostNaomi P. Brown joined ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ in January 2017.
Before joining ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾, she reported for WUSF in Tampa, Florida where she produced daily news and features.
She began her journalism career as a teen reporter at the Kansas City Star. She most recently took part in "," a year-long project with 'The World,' reporting on Latino youth voting for the first time.
When she’s not reporting, Naomi spends her time cooking delicious vegan or vegetarian meals, traveling or reading.
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After years of struggling to meet the financial requirements for the state, the North Carolina Local Government Commission voted to dissolve the town on Tuesday. -
City officials in Raleigh are discussing language changes to zoning laws that could bring back corner stores in some areas and help combat food deserts. -
State and local leaders are offering encouragement and compassion but few answers a day after a North Carolina high school student was shot to death and a suspect arrested. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper told a news conference that the shooting at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem was a pain and fear no child or parent should have to confront. -
Susan King, UNC's John Thomas Kerr Distinguished Professor, served as dean since January of 2012. -
The number of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina has increased by more than 1,000 cases in one day. -
Juul will pay the $40 million to the state during the next six years. It will go to preventive programs an programs to help people quit e-cigarettes. -
The city’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $6 million that will go toward green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods. Durham intends to allocate money every year going forward. -
Estella Patterson will take over at the Raleigh Police Department on August 1. She has been with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for 25 years and is currently a deputy chief there. -
The North Carolina legislature appears close to passing a bill that would see elections in three dozen municipalities this fall delayed until early 2022 due to redistricting delays. -
Prince and Laurette Mushunju share their experience emigrating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how they are trying to bring family members to the U.S. after President Joe Biden raised the cap on refugees.
