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Josh Shaffer @joshshaffer08

GA reporter and columnist for The News & Observer who has crisscrossed NC for 20 years in the same pickup truck. Eager to profile eccentric and quixotic heroes. newsobserver.com Raleigh, NC Joined July 2009
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Josh Shaffer @joshshaffer08

a year ago

Did anyone hear the sirens from the Harris nuclear plant today? Would like to know what they sound like.

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LeVelle Moton @LeVelleMoton

a year ago

This Missed Free Throw changed the lives of so many individuals. So much is different if this shot goes on. In years to come, it will be known as “The Shot Missed Around the World “….

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Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops

a year ago

DJ Horne crying for joy is what March Madness is all about.

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Roy Cooper @RoyCooperNC

a year ago

Historic ACC Tournament run for the Wolfpack resulting in a well deserved championship. Congratulations are in order.

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Colin Campbell @RaleighReporter

a year ago

If you're the one Libertarian primary voter in Tyrrell County, it's now a public record that you voted for Toad Anderson #ncpol

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Andrew Carter @_andrewcarter

2 years ago

“Same amount of points as how old he is,” Harrison Ingram just told us of Cormac Ryan’s 31.

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Andrew Carter @_andrewcarter

2 years ago

Armando Bacot was so emotional tonight, after his final UNC home game, he even teared up when thinking about his regular postgame sessions with the media. He always sits in the same place, and gives thoughtful answers. He fought back tears and said this, of his five years at UNC:

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Brendan Marks @BrendanRMarks

2 years ago

Look at Filipowski on the left side of the 'W'... Gets completely turned around, possibly hit in the face in addition to the lower body. Uh, that's unacceptable. Hope Filipowski is OK.

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Matt Norlander @MattNorlander

2 years ago

Look at Filipowski on the left side of the 'W'... Gets completely turned around, possibly hit in the face in addition to the lower body. Uh, that's unacceptable. Hope Filipowski is OK.

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Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops

2 years ago

Kyle Filipowski had a collision with a fan during the court storm and had to be hobbled off the court. TERRIBLE job by Wake Forest to protect the players. This is why court storms need to stop. Hope he's okay.

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The News & Observer @newsobserver

2 years ago

Sometimes, Duke-UNC basketball produces uncommon drama. This game delivered affirmation newsobserver.com/sports/spt-col…

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Josh Shaffer @joshshaffer08

2 years ago

What the bejeebies

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The Daily Tar Heel @dailytarheel

2 years ago

BREAKING: Lee Roberts will be UNC’s interim chancellor, beginning Jan. 12. Roberts is on the UNC Board of Governors and worked as state budget director under Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. He has no professional administrative experience in higher education. bit.ly/3Rpj9LF

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Josh Shaffer @joshshaffer08

2 years ago

I guess Ben Stein wasn't available to be an ACC announcer...

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Keung Hui @nckhui

2 years ago

Updating my earlier post. I've covered Wake County schools since 1999. I think today's fatal stabbing of a student at Southeast Raleigh High is the 1st on-campus homicide in a Wake County school in that time period. #wcpss #nced newsobserver.com/news/local/edu…

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Avi Bajpai @avibajpai_

2 years ago

Rep. Terence Everitt has set up some new office decorations. #ncga #ncpol

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Kate Sheppard @kate_sheppard

2 years ago

Naming the neighborhood attack owl may be one of my greatest life accomplishments, s/o to @joshshaffer08 for covering Owl Capone amp.newsobserver.com/news/local/art…

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Andrew Carter @_andrewcarter

2 years ago

Mt. Peanut. Severn, N.C. Photograph by the talented and (wisely) Twitterless Robert Willett.

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Andrew Carter @_andrewcarter

2 years ago

Mt. Peanut. Severn, N.C. Photograph by the talented and (wisely) Twitterless Robert Willett. https://t.co/Pdswa5JOHX

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Josh Shaffer @joshshaffer08

2 years ago

Am pretty much done here, folks. Don't see the point anymore, and the X is just weird. If interested, you can find me on good ol' Facebook.

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Andrew Carter @_andrewcarter

2 years ago

No one will ever convince me that North Carolina isn’t the best state in the nation, and perhaps the world.

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