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Bojangles has nationwide aspirations. We've heard this story before.
North Carolina's most beloved chicken and biscuit chain has been around since 1977. It's been owned by out-of-towners and private equity firms for a big…
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How Cary Became A "Town" of 180,000 People
Sure, it's easy to split hairs over whether Cary is a "town" or a "city," but it and many other North Carolina places grew exponentially in population…
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The Legend of the North Wilkesboro Moonshine Cave
A few weeks ago, workers discovered a suspicious hole underneath the grandstands at a historic NASCAR track. Was it a sinkhole? Was there once moonshine…
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Meet NC State's Jannah Eissa, the ACC's first hijab-wearing basketball player
"Your hijab is not going to stop you from doing anything."
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March 2024

Why didn't the Tar Heels and Wolfpack play pandemic basketball at their retro arenas?
Yeah, why not? Wouldn't that've been sweet? Here's what it'd ACTUALLY take for North Carolina's most storied basketball programs to play more games in…
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Fine. Here's the Cliche That Everyone References During The ACC Tournament
Hey, did you know that teachers used to wheel a TV on cart into classrooms every March so kids could watch basketball? Have you shared that fact online…
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Charlotte (squints) has to focus on roads so it doesn’t turn into (checks notes) Atlanta?
Building new roads and widening others almost always makes traffic worse. Ask, um, Atlanta.
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February 2024

The History of the White Cloth in a Broken Down Car Window
A common question about abandoned cars on North Carolina's highways has an answer from a long time ago on a turnpike far, far away.
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How much of Greenville's economy relies on MrBeast?
The biggest YouTuber of all time is changing things in a small eastern North Carolina town. So how much of an effect can an online celebrity have in a…
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A Sixth-Grader Created The Greatest "I Voted" Sticker I've Ever Seen
The artistic story behind a fantastic piece of democratic humblebrag swag.
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Life Advice: Deploying The Dick Trickle Maneuver
The late great NASCAR driver had a deviously simple way of handling himself in social settings, and now you do too.
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What it's like when your childhood home is a pyramid
In the late 1980s, a father built a set of pyramids in Rowan County for his wife and four daughters. So what it's like to be a kid living in a large…
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