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1853The first North Carolina State Fair, held on 16 acres near New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, lasted four days. In the early years, foods were mostly preserves, pies, cakes, and smoked meats, entered for exhibitions rather than as concessions. 1873The fair moves to a new, larger location on Hillsborough Street.Continue Reading

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Neal Smith pulls into the parking lot at the end of Henderson Drive in Atlantic Beach, 10 miles east of his home in Salter Path. He turns the dial to switch off his headlights, plunging the two-door Chevrolet into darkness, and eases the pickup to the dune line. The dashboardContinue Reading

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When you’re 40 feet in the air above the North Carolina State Fair, with your feet dangling over unsuspecting humans, food trucks, and whirling rides below, it’s not a great time to suddenly remember that you’re afraid of heights. Especially not when you have a spoon in one hand andContinue Reading

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A legend among the Waccamaw Siouan tribe tells of an enormous meteor that struck the Earth and carved a large crater, creating Lake Waccamaw. It’s a powerful thought, that the great body of water I’m hiking around this morning was formed by a cosmic event. Some historians even think thatContinue Reading

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In the wake of Hurricane Helene, people across the mountains did what they could: planting, building, repairing, creating. These are stories not of grand gestures but of small acts that became the scaffolding of recovery. Read about those who came together to support each other. From the monitors in hisContinue Reading