Issues

August 2017

More Power

More Power

Causes of Outages and Blinks

Weather, animals can cause power loss

More Power

Electric Co-op Leaders Meet with Gov. Roy Cooper

Discussions cover energy innovation and rural economic development

More Power

Top 10 Reasons to Consider a Co-op Career

Wherever you are, odds are there’s an electric co-op nearby

More Power

Duke Energy Works Through Coal Ash Plans

Recent regulatory changes require new management of coal ash

Carolina Living

Carolina Living

Pairing Pointers Help You Match Wine with Dessert

Plus recipes for cheesecake and devil's food cake

Carolina People

Youth Triathlon Makes Community Health a Priority

The Tri-Warriors of Robeson County aren't slowing down

Carolina Living

Kindergarten is the New First Grade

Is your preschooler ready?

Carolina Living

Small Outdoor Spaces, Big Impact

Six trending ideas for patios and decks

Carolina Living

Considering Leasing a Car?

Mull your options with these need-to-know nuggets

Tarheel Tidbits

Tarheel Tidbits

New Waterpark Opens in the Outer Banks

H2OBX is a new way to cool off in Powells Point

Tarheel Tidbits

Make a Solar Eclipse Projection Viewer

Get this DIY project ready for the Aug. 21, 2017 eclipse

More from this issue

Energy Sense

Is an Electric Vehicle Right for You?

Weigh the pros and cons of owning an EV

Carolina People

Getting to Know: Carolista Fletcher Baum

The activist who saved Jockey’s Ridge sand dune

Carolina Bookshelf

A Good Read: Goodnight, North Carolina

This little board book gives an early start to state pride

Carolina Bookshelf

Book Review — Poles, Wires and War

A new book explores co-op efforts to electrify rural South Vietnam

On The House

Invest in the Sun for Water Heating

Solar water heating may be a long-term investment worth considering

Reclaimed & Reused

It Gets Great Reception

Robert and Betty Watkins, Hillsborough, members of Piedmont Electric

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Tire Wall

Norman Walls, Creedmoor, a member of Wake Electric

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Sewing the Fields

C. Sherlon Wheeler, Statesville, a member of EnergyUnited

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Sentimental Shadow Box

Brian Faircloth, Autryville, a member of South River EMC

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Saw Blade Scene

Claire Louise Witmore, Pembroke, a member or Lumbee River EMC

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Reclaimed Screened Door

Gordon Byrd, Pembroke, a member of Lumbee River EMC

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Outdoor Ambience

Kim Smith-Nagel, Asheboro, a member of Randolph EMC

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One Fancy Birdhouse

Ralph Allen, Lumberton, a member of Lumbee River EMC

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New Life for an Old Lane

Natalie Grengs, Voluntown, a member of Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative

NC Outdoors

Jerky Made Easy

Make the most expensive meat at the grocery store

Reclaimed & Reused

Bird on a Line (Insulator)

William Ivey, Marshville, a member of Union Power

Viewpoints

Innovation at the Edge of the Grid

Electric co-ops deploying new technologies to enable members

Reclaimed & Reused

Grand Little Library

Kelly Puglisi, Nebo, a member of Rutherford EMC

Viewpoints

From Our Readers: Turkey Hunt Support and Cannon Questions

August's letters to the editor

Reclaimed & Reused

From Kids to Crops

Dean Johnson, Ivanhoe, a member of Four County EMC

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For the Birds

Jill Sykes Shoneman, Hillsborough, a member of Piedmont Electric

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Eclectic Lighthouse

Patsy Fletcher, Vilas, a member of Blue Ridge Energy

Carolina Adventures

Countdown to the Eclipse

North Carolina prepares for a rare celestial event

Reclaimed & Reused

Comfort by the Barrel

Daisha Gaines, Goldston, a member of Randolph EMC

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