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Known as “Grey Eagle” to the Cherokee and Catawba peoples, Black Mountain was founded in 1893 as an artist colony.

The summer surge of COVID-19’s Delta variant adds another layer to back-to-school safety. Check these resources to have your kids ready for the fall and beyond:

One day, when I led an in-house agency for The Charlotte Observer, the publisher decided the newspaper needed a new slogan.

Crafting a social media campaign requires you to identify what you want to achieve and ask yourself a handful of questions to identify your goals.

After discovering one-star reviews of national parks on a Reddit post, artist Amber Share compiled hilarious negative reviews into a new children’s book.

During the pandemic, QR codes have resurged for their ability to share key information digitally, and touch-free.

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Not all companies — or company stories — are alike. The same goes for the storytellers, of which there are three main types:

Whether it’s a potential customer, employer, investor, etc., you can always turn small talk into a business opportunity. Just follow the three C’s:

Fishing in a creek in 1799, 12-year-old Conrad Reed found a 17-pound gold nugget on his family’s farm in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

If you gained weight during the pandemic, you are not alone.

Eighteen-year-old Olivia Rodrigo recently released her first album, “SOUR,” and the world hasn’t been the same since.

I’ve lived that Jefferson quote since I was a teenager.

Are you looking to launch your claim to fame on social media? Or maybe you just want an excuse to get out of the house and enjoy the nice summer weather.

Asheville, NC miller Jennifer Lapidus is considered one of the leaders of the cold stone-milled flour movement in the South.

Several of us struggle with making decisions — ranging from what to make for breakfast, to choosing which of the top two candidates to hire.

I’m not an expert in the parenting department but I do work full time and have a very feisty one-year old who keeps me busy.

Even through the global pandemic, consumers have brands we trust over others.

Brown Mountain Lights are a spectacle of mysterious lights that have been spotted moving through valleys in Pisgah National Forest for generations.

National Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22.

Guyana’s economy is projected to grow by 86 percent this year, according to the IMF.

My dad wanted me to be a lawyer or doctor.

Don’t think of sewage as waste, says environmental engineer and 2015 MacArthur fellow Kartik Chandran.

JEDCO asked women in leadership to share their best advice for career growth, advancement and female empowerment.

It’s got everything you need to know about visiting a U.S.national park.

Is your computer one giant mess of files, applications and junk? Cleaning it up can make you more efficient due to the simplicity of finding what you need.

Paraprosdokian, from the Greek for “beyond expectation,” is a wordplay in which the end of a phrase is an unexpected twist, used for humorous or dramatic effect.

Some of my friends were elated by the Republicans’ $1.9 trillion tax cut in 2017.

One day in 1960, Wilber Hardee visited the state’s first McDonald’s in 1960, sat in his parked car most of the day, and watched.

Michel Ney was a French military commander and the right-hand man of Napoleon, who dubbed him “the bravest of the brave.