Mark Garrison Reports

Mark makes the trip to Oakboro, NC to get a taste of some of the best hot dogs around...in honor of National Hot Dog Day. 

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison takes a trip back to a roadside produce stand to catch up with Bambi Dixon and her famous boiled peanuts...but its grown into something larger than the generational practice she's become so well known for. 

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison makes the trip down to North Myrtle Beach to visit a staple in the area...family-owned and operated Hoskins Restaurant.  

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison interviewed Marc Dobson, a one-man band performing at the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia from October 9th to 20th. You can learn more about Marc here: https://marcdobson.com/

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Mark Garrison makes his annual trek to Raleigh, NC for the North Carolina State Fair and gives his "expert" opinion on the best foods at the fair.

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison continues his investigative report on the coal ash controversy involving Duke Energy, who now is facing a lawsuit related to the high levels of radiation in Mooresville.

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Mark Garrison headed to Western NC to get a first-hand look at the devastation after Hurricane Helene. Mark stumbled upon a family in Rowan County who figured out, what some may call, an unconventional method of hauling supplies to those affected.

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Amid the latest findings linking coal ash to thyroid cancer, WBT News Director Mark Garrison heads to Mooresville to do an investigative report and takes a look at who's responsible.

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison takes a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with Good Morning BT as he visits one of the happiest places on earth...Wee-R-Sweetz. It's a family-owned candy store and a Myrtle Beach staple.

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison took at trip to South Carolina, to visit one of the only brick and mortar Trump merchandise stores.

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison caught up with a feisty couple who have made a name for themselves traveling the racing circuit...selling hot dogs and friend bologna sandwiches.

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Mark Garrison took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina for an exclusive look inside the newly renovated Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point as he sat down with the Executive Vice President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, John Falkenbury.

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison introduces us to an unlikely love story.  A former cop and a PHD who found romance by grabbing, twisting, and flipping each other. It's a story filled with bumps, bruises, even black eyes --- but they've turned their passion for martial arts into gold medals ---- and a successful business.

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Ahead of President Biden’s visit to NC on Tuesday, WBT News Director Mark Garrison interviewed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. When he asked her about the President’s mental acuity… she abruptly ended the conversation.

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"Oppenheimer" just took home seven Oscars at the recent Academy Awards. The movie chronicles the development of the atomic bomb... but did you know there was a WBT connection? Mark Garrison  explores the secret role our station played in one of the most famous stories in American history.

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Parents at Palisades High School in Charlotte are demanding action after teachers urged kids to read sexually explicit books from the school library. 

The interim superintendent is expected to announce a new strategy for approving books in school libraries in an effort to calm the controversy. 

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Lt. Gov. Robinson is officially running for governor, and while he sees the LGBT lifestyle as sinful, he says he can serve everyone as governor. 

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The NC House passes a bill to stop biological boys from playing on girls' sports teams. 

Riley Gaines and others say that it's a matter of fairness to prevent males from taking over women's sports.

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Mark Garrison hops into a truck with a man who has his license again -- after 20 years of blindness. His story offers hope to others with certain eye problems.

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