Sharryse Piggott
PM ReporterSharryse Piggott is WUNC’s PM Reporter. Before she became the afternoon reporter in 2022, Sharryse first joined the station as a fellow for the American Homefront Project in 2021. She’s from a small town called Pocomoke in Maryland. It’s located on the peninsula of Eastern Shore Maryland. Sharryse served 4 years as an active duty U.S Marine and 5 years in the North Carolina Army National Guard. She has over seven years of broadcast experience. Sharryse interned at 101.9 Kiss in New Bern, N.C., and worked for Digital Dope Radio in Atlanta, G.A., as the chief blogger and radio personality. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Sharryse also has a podcast called Connect Like Minds.
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The “Tree of Life” event will be held at the State Capitol grounds. -
Virginia-based nonprofit Disabled Disrupters advocates for people with disabilities. Its co-founder Kira Tiller wants to bring individualized emergency plans for disabled students at UNC-Chapel Hill. -
St. Michael's Episcopal Church is partnering with a nonprofit to create 18 faith-based permanent affordable houses in Raleigh’s historic Idlewild neighborhood. -
UNC’s ViVE center — that houses all the data — was partly funded through the National Institutes of Health for over $3 million over the course of five years. -
A list of Veterans Day celebrations throughout the Triangle -
For the first time ever, fans will be able to purchase beer and wine when they attend UNC men’s and women’s basketball games at the Smith Center and Carmichael Arena. -
Duke University's "Puppy Kindergarten" conducts studies on puppies that could lead them to be potential service dogs. -
The Cartner Christmas Tree Farm was chosen by the White House for being the grand champions of a national competition. Located in western North Carolina, the farm experienced some damage to its trees by Helene. -
People could see a rise in black bear encounters this month especially in Helene-impacted western NCNorth Carolina wildlife officials say that since Helene, they have received an increase of reports of bear and human conflicts in the western part of the state. -
Aeroflow is a nationwide supplier of breastfeeding products like breast pumps. The company is working to provide resources to its employees in western North Carolina.
