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Home & Garden

Producing a Longleaf Legacy in the Tar Heel State

Our storied pines are more than just pretty to look at: Historically, they produced the tar, pitch, and turpentine that made our state a key supplier of naval stores.

by Andrew Kenney
Arts

Wood-Carver Tom Wolfe Turns Pine Into Characters

Many wood-carvers steer clear of our state tree as a medium, but Tom Wolfe has always seen faces in the pine.

by Andrew Kenney
Features

The Weatherman of Ashe County: Joe Mullis

A Creston resident reads the world around him — rather than charts and graphs — to forecast the winter.

by Andrew Kenney
Arts

Art Inspires Community at Cedar Creek Gallery

A community of artists finds a home, and a family, at a gallery near Creedmoor.

by Our State Staff
Arts

Hands-On History

Our hands are greater than the sum of their parts, but as it turns out, the individual parts of our hands all have pretty interesting stories, too.

by Andrew Kenney

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