Before becoming an award-winning author, Ron Rash tended the cemetery near his family’s Watauga County farm. His latest novel, inspired by that burial ground, explores the relationship between the living and the dead, and how those who’ve gone are never forgotten.
A career in economic development trains you to lean into data. Yet when it comes to describing the value of rural life, one writer finds more meaning in memories than metrics.
In Randolph County and across the state, volunteer firefighters never hesitate to help a neighbor in need.
Across North Carolina, small-town newspapers make a major impact by reporting on the people and events that shape local communities.
The Shipley family is again raising cattle on their picture-perfect farm near Vilas — just as the first Shipleys did more than 150 years ago.
In the tiny town of Pollocksville in Jones County, the placid Trent River roared to life during Hurricane Florence, threatening homes and businesses. A group of volunteers formed to clean up the mess, one neighborly smile at a time.
Like many congregations across the state, members of Franklinton United Methodist Church support each other through life’s hardships. And for this small group of big-hearted people, that benevolence reaches deep into the surrounding communities.
In a Cabarrus County conservancy, a rare sunflower is making a comeback.
In Carteret County, the North River does more than divide the land. It defines a specific, once-remote region of North Carolina and the distinct culture and traditions that took root there, shaped by sound and sea.
