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Carolina People

People making a difference here at home

A Book Lover’s Vision Unites a Community

Janet Burgiss turned a book club into a county-wide program

Scrapbook: Youth Tour 2017

Photos and video from the 2017 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour

NC’s Greer Inducted into Lineman’s Hall of Fame

Retired co-op employee dedicated his career to safety

‘CSAs’ Connect Artists to Local Patrons

Community Supported Art borrows a proven idea from agriculture

Youth Triathlon Makes Community Health a Priority

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

A Darn Good Haircut

Bob Mitchell is a small-town barber with a colorful history

Perseverance in the Face of Fear

A reader achieves her lifelong dream off the NC coast

Forging Artful Tools from Old Iron

A Robeson County blacksmith creates custom knives out of old railroad spikes

Getting to Know: Carolista Fletcher Baum

The activist who saved Jockey’s Ridge sand dune

Reenactors Go All-in to Bring the Past to Life

Locals are drawn to the hobby through a passion for history

Hunt Gives Back to U.S. Veterans

Eastern NC co-ops support the Wounded Warrior Turkey Hunt