They Loved Their Family Land in South Carolina. But Who Actually Owned It?

Conservation can be tough when a property is passed down informally over generations. A growing effort is helping families ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Reconstructing a Revolutionary War Battle With Modern Forensics

Bullet holes from 250 years ago are still visible today at the House in the Horseshoe State Historic Site. They were left ...
Family Destinations Guide

This Historic Town In North Carolina Is Shockingly Beautiful, And Nobody’s Talking About It

Black Mountain sits just 15 miles east of Asheville, yet somehow remains one of the best-kept secrets in the South – a town so genuinely charming it makes you wonder if you’ve accidentally stepped ...

NCHSAA football playoffs rage on. What may Round 3 have in store? Our writers weigh in.

USA Today Network North Carolina football writers Michael Cuneo, Joe L Hughes II and James F. Moore Jr. preview Round 3 of ...

Thieves target power grid, strip 60 utility poles, take transformer, NC cops say

The power grid in eastern North Carolina is being targeted by thieves who are risking their lives to strip utility poles and ...
Opinion
Watauga DemocratOpinion

Hood: North Carolinians join the first battle

It was 250 years ago this week that North Carolinians fought in their first formal battle for American independence. But they didn’t fight it in North Carolina — and they ...

Near NC Confederate soldier statue, lynching marker with a different message to rise

We want our future generations to know that whatever happened, we have overcome, and there’s a part for everybody,” council ...