July 2022

This Month’s Issue: Pirates of the Carolina Coast

We couldn’t resist — what’s summer in Carolina Country without a healthy dose of pirates? Our coast has a rich pirating history, with many infamous rogues from the Golden Age of Pirates having plundered off our shores. Learn more about how reenactors are keeping those legends alive, as well as a unique tale of two lady pirates. Also, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are managing the grid in new ways to ensure power remains affordable, reliable and sustainable —learn more.

—Scott Gates, editor