The North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources (DNCR) in conjunction with other organizations dedicated to the state’s rich history, recently unveiled the Moonshine and Motorsports Trail in order to highlight the history of bootlegging and stock car racing in the Tar Heel State. Funding for the Moonshine and Motorsports Trail was allocated in...
North Carolina has a special place of honor in our nation’s capital this Christmas season, all thanks to a special tree named “Ruby.” Ruby, a 78-foot tall Red Spruce from North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, was lit on Tuesday by nine-year-old Catcuce (Coche) Micco Tiger, a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI),...
The N.C. Home Builders Association is taking an interest in a legal fight over a proposed Ashe County asphalt plant. The case addresses “an issue of critical importance to the homebuilding industry,” according to a brief filed Tuesday with the N.C. Supreme Court.
“Any material that we have had to purchase, 20% to 30% up on clamshells boxes, fertilizer over 100% up, fuel was crazy. Even this spring, with some of the crops bringing better pricing than last year, we still made more money last year because when you look at all of our costs with labor and everything being up, we didn’t do any better.” - Ron Cottle, Faison, N.C.
One of my favorite drives around the U.S. is the Blue Ridge Parkway through North Carolina. Mountains and valleys covered in trees, a sight to see any season but especially during summer and autumn. Some of my fondest childhood road trip memories were with my grandparents, while my grandfather drove and told stories about the parkway or...
A Christmas tradition continues with a live Christmas tree being the centerpiece in many N.C. homes and across the country this holiday season. Despite another year dealing with COVID-19 and the rising cost of inflation, live tree sales were up about 20% this year. “We are having a great season,” Jennifer Greene, Executive Director, NC...
As he stood on his porch, watching the flames consume his studio, Brant Barnes wasn’t thinking about the fire. Barnes was remembering an old neighbor of his, a man who had died the night after just such a fire. He was thinking about the man’s bitterness, his death, and his own compromised heart. Barnes turned...
When they unveiled their plans, the room was crammed with hundreds of people —a stunning turnout for their home in rural Appalachia. Juanita Colvard knew many of these people lost someone. Her own best friend died of breast cancer in her 50s. Another woman watched her father and two brothers die of kidney failure. And most blamed the health care...
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization backing free-speech and due-process rights on college campuses — awarded the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and Appalachian State University with a green light rating for fostering an environment that welcomes free speech. The two schools join the ranks of six other North...
The North Carolina excise tax on distilled spirits has risen to the fifth-highest in the country, according to recent data from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Industry experts say the news is bad for business. Consumers pay an average state excise tax of $14.66 per 750 milliliter bottle of 80-proof liquor. The...
Recently I watched a documentary about the popular music phenomenon known as the Muscle Shoals sound. The film not only discussed all the top hits that were produced in that distinct Alabama area along the Tennessee River, but also explored why national hits came out of such a small place. The first megahit from the...
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