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Hanover dam was four years past inspection during incident

The privately-owned dam was four years past inspection, and it's permit expired in 2016. It is rated as having a "significant" hazard potential.

The poet Robert Frost taught without teaching

On his 150th birthday, remembering the poet who compared free verse to ‘playing tennis with the net down.’

50 Things You Didn't Know About North Carolina

The history of the North Carolina is peppered with little-known facts. These are the fascinating tidbits that add color and texture to the story of our state.

As timber declined, Buffalo City loggers made 'shine

Recently detailed by "When Ghosts Made Moonshine" author Chris Barber, loggers in the remote, deeply forested northeastern region of North Carolina supplied highly regarded whiskey to speakeasies up the East Coast during Prohibition.

Black settlement near Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in Union Township played crucial role in Underground Railroad

The Black community at Six Penny Creek in Union Township used the huts vacated by charcoal makers to hid freedom seekers making their way north.

Black History/White Lies: The 10 biggest myths about slavery

Part 1 of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of America’s slaveholding past.

'The Same God Yesterday, Today, and Forever': How Runaway Slaves Found Freedom in Great Dismal Swamp

'Don't think we are all that different': UNC class combines science and art