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Features

In Search of State Symbols in Weymouth Woods

In a nature preserve in the heart of the Sandhills, many of North Carolina’s official state animals live in abundant harmony among the pines. Actually finding them, however, is another story.

by Eleanor Spicer Rice
Arts

The Happy Painter in Asheboro

A Randolph County artist brings the joy of the holidays to the classes that she teaches in her cozy paint-and-sip studio near downtown.

by Micki Bare
History

The Pardoning of Slow Poke the Possum

Slow Poke the opossum had quite the summer in 1970; he won a beauty contest, made headlines, and was pardoned from becoming Gov. Bob Scott's next meal.

by Sara Pequeño
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Features

Our Peerless Possum, A North Carolina Symbol

There is no other marsupial in North Carolina as cute and cuddly as the possum.

by Tim Bass

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