Jorge Valencia
Capitol ReporterJorge Valencia has been with North Carolina Public Radio since 2012. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Jorge studied journalism at the University of Maryland and reported for four years for the Roanoke Times in Virginia before joining the station. His reporting has also been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, and the Baltimore Sun.
Jorge left WUNC in July 2016.
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Updated July 6 at 7:06 a.m.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fired up supporters at two separate rallies in North Carolina Tuesday, as both presumptive…
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North Carolina lawmakers tweaked the controversial law known as House Bill 2 in the last hours of the state’s legislative session on Friday night,…
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North Carolina Republican leaders are fast-tracking a plan to withhold state funding for schools and highways from cities and counties that enact…
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Thousands of people gathered at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Tuesday night to hear a speech from the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald…
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Across North Carolina, thousands gathered Sunday to mourn the deaths of the victims of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.Supporters organized vigils…
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The Fort Bragg Army Reserve officer charged after a series of threatening incidents Thursday night at a mosque in Hoke County is a decorated veteran of…
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A North Carolina legislative panel recommended banning police from using non-government issued IDs to verify people’s identity on Wednesday, potentially…
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Alma Adams is the Democratic nominee to represent North Carolina’s 12th District in Congress.Adams is the incumbent in the 12th District, but it wasn’t a…
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Ted Budd, a gun shop owner from Davie County and a first-time political candidate, took the Republican party’s nomination for the 13th Congressional…
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When a federal court struck down part of North Carolina’s congressional maps earlier this year saying they were illegal gerrymanders, state lawmakers…