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Storms Reback

Posted inCulture

More Than a Card Game

by Storms Reback May 22, 2025May 23, 2025

Two Triangle teens have become international Pokémon stars. A fledgling Poképarent travels to Atlanta to investigate the appeal.

Flooding from Hurricane Helene covers Swannanoa River Road.
Posted inEssays

A Disaster No One Saw Coming

by Storms Reback October 1, 2024February 26, 2025

We knew Hurricane Helene was going to bring rain. We didn’t foresee it delivering devastation so widespread its impact will be felt for years.

Posted inEnvironment

River Rescue

by Storms Reback July 17, 2024October 25, 2024

The governor keeps asking for more money to protect waterways. Citizen scientists are taking up the slack.

Posted inBusiness

North Carolina Gambles On Sports Betting

by Storms Reback March 13, 2024June 7, 2024

Legalized sports betting brings fresh tax revenue—and reports of gambling addiction. Experts say N.C. colleges aren’t ready.

Posted inEnvironment

No Safe Haven

by Storms Reback March 8, 2024June 26, 2024

As more people move to “climate havens” like Western North Carolina, they are learning nowhere is immune from a changing climate.

Posted inCulture

Contra Dance Meets the Culture Wars 

by Storms Reback November 1, 2023November 2, 2023

Contra dance callers have one of the toughest jobs you’ve never heard of. After getting entangled in the country’s culture wars, it got even harder.

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