David Ford
General Assignment Reporter at WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
General assignment reporter for 88.5 WFDD. Re-tweets aren’t endorsements. Opinions are my own.
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2 days ago |
wfdd.org | David Ford
Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order to raise domestic timber production. Among the reasons cited were reducing foreign dependency and enhancing economic security. But here in North Carolina, tapping additional timber resources comes with a cost. When the executive order was signed, the American Forest Resource Council — a timber trade association — called it a long-overdue step toward economic revitalization.
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2 days ago |
wfdd.org | David Ford
Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order to raise domestic timber production. Among the reasons cited were reducing foreign dependency and enhancing economic security. But here in North Carolina, tapping additional timber resources comes with a cost. When the executive order was signed, the American Forest Resource Council — a timber trade association — called it a long-overdue step toward economic revitalization.
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3 days ago |
wfdd.org | David Ford
Following President Trump’s calls to do away with the National Endowment for the Arts, hundreds of organizations across the country began receiving emails saying their grants had been terminated. The dismantling of the NEA is having a large impact across North Carolina and here in the Triad. In 2022, North Carolina arts councils, organizations and individuals received just over $500,000 in NEA grant funding.
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1 week ago |
wfdd.org | David Ford
Wednesday marks the first day that U.S. commercial airline travelers must be REAL ID ready. The enforcement date comes 20 years after being signed into law. Following the September 11th terrorist attacks where hijackers were able to obtain driver’s licenses — some fraudulently — the 9/11 Commission recommended that there be more security in the process of issuing them.
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Feb 11, 2025 |
wfdd.org | Tara Copp |David Ford |Turner Jones |Paul Garber
Politics & Government Military Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.
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