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Daniel Walton

Posted inReligion

In Charlotte, Catholics May Have to Give Up the Old Ways

by Daniel Walton August 4, 2025August 11, 2025

A dustup over the traditional Latin Mass in Charlotte challenges the new pope to set a course for churches across the world.

Posted inAgriculture

Taro Reading

by Daniel Walton June 25, 2025June 23, 2025

An effort to boost taro as a resilient revenue generator for North Carolina farmers is producing a sweet reward in Asheville.

Posted inFood

Southern Chefs Take Meals to New Highs

by Daniel Walton April 18, 2025April 27, 2025

At Asheville’s Infuso, chefs are riding a wave of wave of cannabis-infused cooking experimentation.

Posted inReligion

Voices in the Wilderness

by Daniel Walton March 31, 2025April 1, 2025

A traditionalist religious order is building a new home in the woods of Western N.C. Not everyone is happy to see them.

furniture outside a building after the flood
Posted inBusiness

Short-Term Rental Owners Steel Themselves for Long Recovery

by Daniel Walton January 27, 2025January 24, 2025

Western N.C.’s vacation rental industry, a key component of the tourism economy, faces an uncertain future after Hurricane Helene.

dried okra pods
Posted inFood

Scholars, Farmers Try to Perfect a New Use for a Southern Staple Food

by Daniel Walton January 13, 2025April 27, 2025

Okra seeds yield a liquid comparable to extra-virgin olive oil, but the crop isn’t ready for commercial production.

Posted inFood

A Homegrown Grocery Giant Stumbles After Helene

by Daniel Walton October 8, 2024April 27, 2025

In Western North Carolina, Ingles is the flagship supermarket. But Helene has dealt the brand a major blow.

Posted inEnergy

Riding the Solar Coaster

by Daniel Walton August 12, 2024September 29, 2024

Installers are navigating new state rules that have put a damper on rooftop solar. 

Jamie White on the porch of her Gray's Creek home with plants in water bottles
Posted inEnvironment

The Wrong Side of Forever

by Maydha Devarajan and Daniel Walton June 26, 2024April 27, 2025

As governments crack down on PFAS, residents of affected areas say it’s too little, too late as a new industrial boom is already underway.

Posted inCulture

The Wizard of Mars Hill

by Daniel Walton January 26, 2024January 26, 2024

Ehren Cruz gazes into the horizon of North Carolina’s burgeoning psychedelic renaissance.

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