Jimmy Ryals, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/jimmy-ryals/ North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:14:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png Jimmy Ryals, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/jimmy-ryals/ 32 32 210991526 Back on Track https://www.theassemblync.com/place/trains-hurricane-helene-western-north-carolina/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=48576 Hurricane Helene wiped out several major rail lines in Western N.C. Now most are back up and running. Here are scenes from the rebuilding. ]]>

Hurricane Helene wiped out several major rail lines in Western N.C. Now most are back up and running. Here are scenes from the rebuilding. 

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Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History https://www.theassemblync.com/place/history/fayetteville-museum-aims-to-right-the-record-on-civil-war-history/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=38245 The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction looks to tell “the truth with all its blemishes.”]]>

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction looks to tell “the truth with all its blemishes.”

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Why Most Counties Aren’t Doing All Required Restaurant Inspections https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/food/nc-health-inspections-restaurants/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=36421 As counties struggle to hire and retain health inspectors, lawmakers, regulators, and scientists look to ease caseloads and develop new talent.]]>

As counties struggle to hire and retain health inspectors, lawmakers, regulators, and scientists look to ease caseloads and develop new talent.

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A Small City Fights to Hold on to Baseball https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/sports/north-carolina-baseball-minor-league-kinston-wood-ducks/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=26918 wood duck mascot and team stand for national anthemThe minor league Kinston Wood Ducks are about to depart, and now the former tobacco hub is looking for a new baseball team. ]]> wood duck mascot and team stand for national anthem

The minor league Kinston Wood Ducks are about to depart, and now the former tobacco hub is looking for a new baseball team. 

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Feeding An Army https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/food/fort-liberty-cumberland-county-nc-food-insecurity-wic-dfac/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=25724 Two soldiers eat lunch at a cafeteria tableNearly one out of three Fort Liberty soldiers and their family members are food insecure. Can efforts to address it fill the gap?]]> Two soldiers eat lunch at a cafeteria table

Nearly one out of three Fort Liberty soldiers and their family members are food insecure. Can efforts to address it fill the gap?

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Upscale Food, Local Flavor https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/food/local-chefs-north-carolina/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:54:57 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=4263 Fine dining has long been the stuff of cities. But more chefs are transforming the food scene in small towns. ]]>

Fine dining has long been the stuff of cities. But more chefs are transforming the food scene in small towns.

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A New Wave Of Top Chefs https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/food/a-new-wave-of-top-nc-chefs/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:17:30 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2022/06/09/a-new-wave-of-top-chefs/ North Carolina’s food scene—and Black chefs in particular—are getting a new level of attention in this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards.]]>

North Carolina’s food scene—and Black chefs in particular—are getting a new level of attention in this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards.

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