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The Politician who Refused to Eat Barbecue and Lost (also, it's the Rabbit Hole's Fifth Birthday)
An update on the state of the Hole, but first, the most ridiculous North Carolina political food story ever told.
Nov 19
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Jeremy Markovich
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GOP congressmen want the National Guard in Charlotte. Here's where violent crime is a bigger problem.
Sure, the data can't always tell the entire story. But one representative who's asking for a deployment isn't suggesting the same solution for a more…
Nov 13
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Jeremy Markovich
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Pour one out for Charlotte magazine
The publication that gave me a shot to be a writer is shutting down.
Nov 9
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Jeremy Markovich
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October 2025
Hardly anybody votes in off-year elections. Why does North Carolina have them?
Generations ago, leaders thought local elections should be protected from state and national issues. We're still dealing with the effects of that…
Published on North Carolina Rabbit Hole
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Oct 30
North Carolina's shortest airline flight was 16 miles long
You used to be able to take a flight between two easy-to-get-to cities that were literally a county apart. Why? Piedmont Airlines, that's why.
Oct 26
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Jeremy Markovich
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Why Can't North Carolina's Governor Veto A Redistricting Bill?
GOP state lawmakers are coming back to Raleigh next week to try and make North Carolina's congressional delegation even MORE Republican. The governor…
Oct 14
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Jeremy Markovich
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Why Are SO MANY Outer Banks houses collapsing into the ocean?
Nine homes have been taken out by the Atlantic Ocean in just the last few weeks? Why so many? Why now? We asked a longtime Outer Banks journalist for…
Oct 9
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Jeremy Markovich
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Why do voters at Appalachian State keep getting picked on?
A new lawsuit is trying to overturn state laws that made it harder for students in Boone to have a voice in county politics. Who created those laws? A…
Oct 6
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Jeremy Markovich
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September 2025
The Woman Who Spoke to a Broken Asheville
During Hurricane Helene, Lillian Govus was thrown into a role that she never thought she’d have. A year later, she talks about the trauma she saw, and…
Sep 25
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Jessica Wakeman
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Do it for Dale
An annotated story about absurdity during serious times.
Sep 19
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Jeremy Markovich
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This lawyer dangled a baggie of cannabis in front of the NC Supreme Court and dared the cops to arrest him
A story about the smell of weed, the state of pot in North Carolina, and why so many products somehow are able to hint that they'll get you high…
Sep 14
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Jeremy Markovich
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Sex, Drugs, and Ay Ziggy Zoomba
UNC and Bowling Green are polar opposites, yet they both share a weird fight song. Why? Blame a man who the CIA drugged with LSD, wrote lots of erotic…
Sep 5
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Jeremy Markovich
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