Hundreds of tourism leaders are meeting in Hickory today as part of their annual convention. Tourism is a multi-million dollar industry in North Carolina, and one group of women plays a pivotal role ...

An African American family lived on the battlefield site in Johnston County, and today their descendants talk of the tremendous upheaval their kinfolk endured Posted 2025-03-19T18:12:25-0400 ...

Today, those volunteers are planting flowers where they can with hopes the bridge will one day stand again Despite the devastation from Hurricane Helene, there are pockets of hope. The storm ...

It was around this time in March 1963 when the movie "The Birds" premiered. The Tar Heel Traveler revisits Elm City's very own thrilling version of the birds.

Monday was National Farm Workers Day, and our Tar Heel Travler met a longtime tobacco historian and author in Oak Ridge. Billy Yeargin worked in the tobacco fields and now helps preserve this dying ...

Betty Morton passed away recently at age 90, a dynamo from Smithfield we featured in 2017. Betty traveled the world and kept magnets of every place she visited on her refrigerator. We remember her ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene, the Tar Heel Traveler returns to the mountains with stories of loss but also hope in its aftermath. Stories of people and their courageous resilience. Six months ...

The Tar Heel Traveler team concludes its two week run of Hurricane Helene stories with a compilation of sound and video that poignantly captures both heartache and hope. The Tar Heel Traveler team ...

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