News Coverage of NC Friendship Force Trip to USSR, 1982. Part 4 Churches

In November, 1982 WRAL News sent reporter Shelley Kofler and photographer Bruce Wittman to accompany 100 members of the NC Friendship Force, led by the Carolyn Hunt, wife of NC Governor Jim Hunt, to visit Moscow and Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). At that time, the relationship between the governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and America was ... (read more)

News Coverage of NC Friendship Force Trip to USSR, 1982. Part 3 Soviet Schools

In November, 1982 WRAL News sent reporter Shelley Kofler and photographer Bruce Wittman to accompany 100 members of the NC Friendship Force, led by the Carolyn Hunt, wife of NC Governor Jim Hunt, to visit Moscow and Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). At that time, the relationship between the governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and America was ... (read more)

News Coverage of NC Friendship Force visit to USSR, 1982. Part 1 Arrival Problems

In November, 1982 WRAL News sent reporter Shelley Kofler and photographer Bruce Wittman to accompany 100 members of the NC Friendship Force, led by the Carolyn Hunt, wife of NC Governor Jim Hunt, to visit Moscow and Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). At that time, the relationship between the governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and America was ... (read more)

WRAL News reporter Amanda Lamb Swims with Sharks (2 stories)

WRAL News reporter Amanda Lamb dives into the shark tank to check out a sea creature that instills fear into many who love the ocean. Shark sightings off the coast of North Carolina are common. However it is the story of “Shark Bites Human” that captures the headline. Watch these two reports by Amanda Lamb. She talks to a victim ... (read more)