Our writer returns to the scene of his youthful side job: guiding rafts filled with neophytes through the man-made currents of the U.S. National Whitewater Center near Charlotte. But this unique center has evolved over the past decade — and so has our writer.
One of Wake Forest’s most successful football coaches is remembered for winning — and for his colorful personality.
Christina Koch grew up in Jacksonville and went to school in the Triangle. She tells Our State how she made it to her current home, 254 miles above Earth.
Crystal Lake opened in 1925 and was a welcome reprieve from the summer heat — and only slightly dangerous.
In 1899, Erasmus Midgett saved 10 people from a shipwreck off the North Carolina coast — and started a family tradition.
On May 7, 2016, a hiker fell hundreds of feet down a mountainside, and ended up in a treacherous spot in North Carolina’s most rugged place. This is the story of a rescue that took hours and a recovery that took months — one that shows how unforgiving the wilderness can be.
A trained engineer with a love of farming found his calling in rolling green hills and a herd of white, French cows.
How a soldier rescued a Burmese python from a dinner table during the Vietnam War and brought it back to North Carolina.
Our State’s podcast goes the distance to reveal hard-to-find stories across North Carolina.
