A new book from Erica Abrams Locklear explores what “mountain food” and people really means.Â
April 2023
Posted inPolitics
The Short Track to the Governor’s Mansion
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s official announcement that he’s entering the 2024 race at Ace Speedway was an appeal to a certain kind of nostalgia.
Posted inHealth
What is Blue Cross NC Up To?
Legislation under discussion would grant the nonprofit insurer broad leeway to operate like a for-profit. But what is Blue Cross NC really after?
Posted inFood
Buzz Around the Beard Awards
Why everyone was so displeased with this year’s nominations for the James Beard Foundation Awards.
Posted inPlace
The Thrill of the Fossil Hunt
N.C.’s unique geography has made it a prime location for finding buried evidence of ancient life.
Posted inPolitics
What’s Behind Tricia Cotham’s Democratic Divorce
She says Democrats drove her away. Her former allies are puzzled—and say Cotham doesn’t seem to be the same person they knew before.
Posted inPlace
Welcome to the Afterlife
A Western Carolina research facility is teaching us new things about what happens to our bodies when we die.Â
Posted inCourts
Inside Raleigh’s Fake-Heroin Scandal
Digging into more than 1,300 pages of testimony in Irving et. al v. City of Raleigh.
Posted inFood
Every Apple Has Its Purpose
An emerging North Carolina orchard asserts the apple’s Cherokee past.
Posted inReligion
Rise of the ‘Street Kids’
How a North Carolina charity and a Rwandan woman created a new model of empowerment for orphaned children.