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November 2024

North Carolina's online discourse is a many-splendored thing
Three (somehow safe for work) stories about a cursed image, innovative funding sources for hurricane relief, and nostalgia for places where people threw…
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Jeremy Markovich
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Our state constitution sometimes works like a man firing a machine gun into a swamp
Are you a convicted felon interested in running for sheriff? An atheist on city council? Wanna erase Tennessee? Care to sell a swamp? Then brother, I'd…
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Jeremy Markovich
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Being Frank
After the election, I keep thinking back to Frank Porter Graham's progressive run for U.S. Senate in 1950, one that came down to race and emotion. He…
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Jeremy Markovich
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Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979. We found her.
A photographer snapped a shot of Shaunda Shane skating down her street in Fayetteville when she was 10. How did the world's most famous skateboarder see…
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Jeremy Markovich
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Why Are North Carolina Politics Like This?
In this podcast episode, we talk about the things that drive the political scene in our state, how they influence candidates, voters, and issues, and…
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Jeremy Markovich

October 2024

How a woman from North Carolina set a record time on the Appalachian Trail
Tara Dower recorded the trail's Fastest Known Time by completing 2,197 miles in nearly 41 days. What put her on this path? A love of mountain running…
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Jeremy Markovich
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Let's all zoom in on Greensboro's ugliest spot
Someone made a video where they browsed Google Street View until they found a spot in North Carolina that was "ugly." Is there a lesson we can learn…
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Jeremy Markovich
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Bad Weather Isn't Enough To Make Power Companies Bury Their Lines. So What Is?
After storms and widespread outages, electrical companies and experts always say it's too expensive to put all overhead power lines underground. In the…
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The view from Asheville: A city without running water
In this essay, journalist Jessica Wakeman describes the new norms of life when taps don't work, bathroom rules have changed, showers are scarce, and…
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Jessica Wakeman
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The Town Meeting
In Black Mountain, the modern ways of communicating aren't working after Hurricane Helene. So town leaders are getting information out with a method…
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Jeremy Markovich
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September 2024

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