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Tom George

Raleigh

TV News Reporter at WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)

TV News Reporter @ABC11_WTVD | MD guy back East in NC via Hawai‘i - Vegas | @UofMaryland Terp

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  • Indian Americans political power growing in NC for Dems and GOP

    1 week ago | abc11.com | Tom George

    MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- As we recognize AAPI Heritage Month, we're taking a look at the growing political power of Indian Americans in North Carolina. In both the Democratic and Republican parties at the state and local level, two stories of Indian immigrants, both working in the tech field in the Triangle, now rising to key leadership positions.

  • Pittsboro Vietnam veteran honored with Purple Heart 50 years after paperwork error

    2 weeks ago | abc11.com | Tom George

    PITTSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- A clerical error decades in the making corrected just in time for Memorial Day. This weekend, a 78-year old Chatham County Army veteran who earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart in Vietnam is getting a pinning ceremony and full honors. Walter Hatcher said he's grateful for the honor, and hopes other Vietnam veterans will check their official Department of Defense records to make sure they are accurate.

  • Toll debate at center of Capital Boulevard expansion project after dueling votes

    2 weeks ago | abc11.com | Tom George

    RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Capital Boulevard project faced contradicting votes on Wednesday, as the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Association (CAMPO) voted to recommend to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) that the project move ahead as a toll road, while a state lawmaker from Wake Forest spearheaded a vote in the State House to do the opposite. One thing they all agree on, is the road has become a headache for drivers going from Raleigh to Wake Forest.

  • WCPSS moves new cell phone policy forward but seeking changes

    2 weeks ago | abc11.com | Tom George

    WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wake County School Board voted to approve the first reading of a proposed policy limiting the use of cell phones in schools, but with some caveats. Board members say the end goal to is have a cell phone policy in place and ready go by the time students go back in the fall, and voted to move the process along, but want changes made before voting on a second reading.

  • Hispanic advocates meet in Durham, air concerns about federal budget cuts, effects

    3 weeks ago | abc11.com | Tom George

    DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Hispanic advocates gathered at the Washington Duke Inn for a panel discussing how what's going on in Washington amid the current political climate affects Latinos in the Triangle. Top of mind is the proposed budget from Republicans in Congress, supported by the Trump administration. One part of it standing out is $900 billion in reduced spending, hitting programs such as Medicaid.

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10 May 25

RT @ABC11_WTVD: UNC-Chapel Hill graduates talk future plans amid uncertain job market https://t.co/hqOo4LugZy

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9 May 25

From a priest with a front row seat to history to a Peruvian native excited to see the first American pope who also bridges cultures and languages, Raleigh celebrates Pope Leo XIV making history as first pope from the United States @ABC11_WTVD #PopeLeo https://t.co/7An8cjKsYl

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8 May 25

RT @ABC: BREAKING: American cardinal Robert Prevost is the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Follow live updates: https://t.co/tAmo…