Nick de la Canal
WFAE's Nick de la Canal can be heard on public radio airwaves across the Charlotte region, bringing listeners the latest in local and regional news updates. He's been a part of the WFAE newsroom since 2013, when he began as an intern. His reporting helped the station earn an Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news coverage following the Keith Scott shooting and protests in September 2016. More recently, he's been reporting on food, culture, transportation, immigration, and even the paranormal on the FAQ City podcast. He grew up in Charlotte, graduated from Myers Park High, and received his degree in journalism from Emerson College in Boston. Periodically, he tweets:
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The coronavirus pandemic has changes how people live, work and play. Food trucks have adapted by selling in residential neighborhoods and embracing food delivery apps.
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County Health Director: No Employees Hospitalized After COVID-19 Outbreak At Atrium Health PinevilleAt least 50 hospital employees and nine patients at Atrium Health Pineville have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. -
Tenant advocates in North Carolina are bracing for a wave of evictions to begin Monday after the federal eviction moratorium expired over the weekend. -
Staff members at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro say they're expecting a shipment of experimental COVID-19 vaccines specially designed for animals this month, allowing them to start vaccinating some of the animals in their care. -
Restaurants across the Carolinas are struggling to find workers even as demand is rebounding from a pandemic slowdown. That’s despite many restaurants raising pay and even offering signing bonuses -
An attorney for Ronnie Long says North Carolina's cap of $750,000 in restitution for people wrongfully imprisoned is "wholly inadequate" considering Long's 44 years behind bars, and he says Long will push for more. -
A man has been arrested and charged with attacking a Korean-owned convenience store in uptown Charlotte on Tuesday, allegedly smashing the store's coolers with a metal post and hurling racial slurs at the store's owners. -
Fewer students have been enrolling in North Carolina's community colleges over the last year, and officials say the pandemic is to blame. -
More than 130 new staff members have been hired by North Carolina's Office of Recovery and Resiliency to help process an overwhelming number of applications for rent and utility assistance through the state's HOPE program.
