Carolina Stories

The people, places and history that make our state great

Memorial shed

Sam and Sara Adams, Rutherfordton, Rutherford EMC

The steeple shed

Sandy Hicks, Todd, Blue Ridge Electric

I Remember

Doing our part

Garden grandeur

Joan Gillis, Waynesville, Haywood EMC

Carolina Bookshelf

Fishing North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Fresh air

Saundra Springer, Youngsville

Carolina Living

Henry River Mill Village

An abandoned mill village in eastern NC sets the scene for the film “The Hunger Games”

I Remember

Grandma Jessup’s kitchen

Feature Story

Man cave

Michele Williams, Waxhaw, Union Power Cooperative

Perfect

Angela Barbee, Oakboro, Union Power Cooperative

Marion museum

Nana Hensley, Marion, Rutherford EMC

Carolina People

My Many Mother’s Days

I Remember

My dad the streaker

My getaway

Angie Gregg, Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge Electric

My hobby shed

Robert Berkoski, Burlington, Piedmont EMC

Octagon

Jan and Fred Sallah, Banner Elk

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Our old playhouse

Cathy Jones, Greenville, S.C.

Outhouse revival

Gigi Guyton, Gray, Maine, Blue Ridge Electric

Playset reset

Elizabeth Repetti and Walter Pitt, Winston-Salem, Surry-Yadkin EMC

Reclaimed

Greg and Angela Hayes, Angier, Central EMC

Survivor

Ralph Dearborn, Raleigh, Blue Ridge Electric

First Person

The cooperative business model works for today’s global economy

By Dame Pauline Green

I Remember

The great American snow down

The Shack

Mary Williams, Boone, Blue Ridge Electric