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With the completion of a $29 billion merger, the Lorillard Tobacco Company ends in Greensboro.The tobacco giant that had roots in 18th-century New York…

Raleigh metalsmith and enameller Sydney Scherr traveled to Malaysia in 2009 to build the jewelry design program at Raffles College of Higher Education.…

School board elections usually garner little public attention, but in 2009, media outlets across the country were covering the contentious school board…

When Damon Tweedy was in his first year of medical school, he learned a number of startling statistics that led him to the conclusion that being black is…

Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson grew up Greenville, S.C. during the '60s and ‘70s. During this period of her life, Woodson was very aware of the…

Stewart Huff brings a different perspective and insight to stand up comedy. He uses philosophical and historical themes in his comedy, and that is on…

Clotheslines were once a part of everyday life for most American families. Women would often gather at community clotheslines, and neighbors in high rise…

Robert Brown is one of the most influential North Carolinians you’ve never heard of.He had a pretty humble start in High Point, where he was born and…

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.To commemorate this event,…

Democratic U.S. Senator Kay Hagan squared off with her Republican challenger, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis in their first senatorial debate…