Carolina Cowboy

The Tar Heel State helps Bobby Plough find his calling.
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A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash

A town’s sordid secrets force it to spin out of control.
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Carolina Camera

A legendary show returns to television.
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History on the Walls

A little paint adds character to West Jefferson.
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North Carolina Seafood Tour Part 1: Southern Coast

Over 27 miles and including four stops, this first leg of our Seafood Tour from Brunswick Islands to Wrightsville Beach offers a mouthwatering taste of seafood chowder, shrimp and grits, and fresh crab.
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Kernersville

A place in between two bigger places, Kernersville has its own, peculiar style — like with the old home Körner’s Folly — to keep it from being lost in the middle.
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Building Badin

It took thousands of workers to build Badin. A century after Alcoa finished the first dam, the company tore down its plant, but the dams it created still power the town.
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“Fish was Fried”

Back before it was broiled, scalloped, or étouffée’d, there was only one way you got your seafood: golden brown, crispy, and piled high. And back before fresh fish found its way to grocery stores inland, there was only one way to get it: You had to go to the beach.
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The Hope of Fish Town

If it isn’t a hurricane, it’s the price of gas. If it isn’t a bad spawning season, it’s a closing inlet. In Wanchese, it’s always something. But Mikey Daniels — the leading son of the leading family here — spreads nets all over the world and proves that even small-town fishermen can always find a way.
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