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Your guide to North Carolina’s spring sky spectacles
So grab a picnic blanket and your eclipse glasses, because it’s about to get astronomical in the Old North State.
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The mysterious exhumation of Durham’s founding father
Most North Carolinians know the story of Sir Walter Raleigh — or if they don’t, they can most likely identify the namesake of the state capital. As for Dr. Bartlett Durham, the man for whom they named Raleigh’s younger sibling city, that story isn’t quite as familiar.
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Rhiannon Giddens is more than the banjo player in a Beyonce song. Here’s why the NC-raised musician is so special.
The Grammy-winning, Greensboro-born musician was re-introduced to a wider audience in Beyonce’s new country song. But her two decades of recorded output show her to have played a big part in expanding our view of roots and traditional music.
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Gas station sushi, anyone? A new book from a NC author dives into convenience store cuisine in the South.
Gas stations aren’t just gas stations in many rural, Southern communities. They’re also restaurants and community gathering places. A new book takes you on a tour of the best ones out there.
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This OB-GYN was terrified for her patients who needed abortions. Then she became one.
Texas OB-GYN Austin Dennard reveals what a future under a Republican president would do to reproductive rights in America.
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Good News Friday: This NC banjo player is in Beyoncé’s newest song
It’s called “Texas Hold ‘Em” but NC leaves a lasting impression on Beyonce’s new country song. This, and other uplifting NC news, in today’s “Good News Friday.”
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Charlotte teacher Justin Parmenter faces his breaking point in the fight for better NC schools
You might not know him, but your kid’s teacher does. Here’s how a public education champion survived a decade of Republican budget cuts and a major health scare.
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Op-ed: This rural NC town shows how you can build power from the ground up
Jason Dunkin lives out in the country on the same small plot of land he grew up on. When I met him at his house recently, the rain was beating down hard on the metal roof. He looked out the window toward the road. “I remember my dad and my uncles would pick me up…
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The 5 NC billionaires who call Research Triangle Park home
Five notable billionaires reside in NC’s Research Triangle Park, an area that includes Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. Do you know them and what they do?
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VIDEO: Cardinal & Pine’s Leah Sherrell tries an award-winning Winston-Salem bakery
Cardinal & Pine’s Leah Sherrell tried Bobby Boy Bakeshop in Winston-Salem and is adding it to her list of regular spots! The bakery is a James Beard Award semifinalist (one of 9 NC nominations) and while the bakery is getting some extra love right now, the line moves quickly at this local favorite. Check out…
