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Aug 25, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Lopez
Tiny Hero airdrops are basically free tokens handed out by new or pre-existing blockchain projects to showcase their initiatives or token circulation. Platforms like DappRadar have optimized the process, facilitating than ever to claim these airdrops. Why bother, you ask? Because besides getting free tokens, you’re also getting a front-row seat to innovative new crypto projects and developments.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | C.A. Carlson |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
Opened in the wake of World War II, the little Mars Hill movie house — with its white brick facade whose shape echoes the mountains in the distance — was a destination for locals. “Back in the 1950s and ’60s, when I was growing up, the Mars Theatre was about all there was here,” says Ronnie Wallin, a retired teacher who has spent his whole life in Madison County. When Wallin and his wife started dating as teenagers, they spent most weekends sharing popcorn and a double feature.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Rebecca Woltz |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
Mark Pace admits to being a pack rat. That’s why, when he got a call from a woman in Stovall who had about 800 old editions of the Oxford Public Ledger stored in boxes in her barn, he jumped into his Camry to pick them up. The elements had damaged the newspapers, causing them to smell so bad that he had to drive back with his head sticking out the window. Once he got the papers to the North Carolina Room, a space dedicated to local and regional history at the Richard H.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Kim Grizzard |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
The reason that New Bern’s Historic Trolley Tour pauses in front of Mitchell Hardware is not so that tourists can pick up batteries for their cameras, though they would surely find some in stock. It’s to allow those on board to look along the sidewalk, where folks are sweeping, watering plants, and waving hello outside a general store that’s been part of the city’s landscape for 125 years.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Alan Hodge |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
Our State celebrates the very best in North Carolina craftsmanship with the Made in NC Awards. Meet the talented artisans who won top honors in 2023 — and watch them at work.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Elizabeth Hudson |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
Purchase collections of Elizabeth Hudson’s columns at ourstatestore.com. Oh, how we’ve been waiting for you, the only month that is both a noun and a verb, an instruction, a direction, an encouragement to move, to stomp, to stride, to strut.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Katherine Smith |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
Aunt Zetta always brought her strawberry shortcake. Layers of fluffy clouds, freshly picked berries, and whipped cream that she’d made that morning. Aunt Lois was known for her pea dumplings and strawberry sonker. And everyone knew that Aunt Alva would bring her sour cherry cobbler. For more than 70 years, the buffet tables at my family’s annual Snow Reunion sagged with these and dozens of other signature dishes.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Mark Kemp |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
The Past BeckonsWhere did we come from? Dorothy Spruill Redford’s 13-year-old daughter, Deborah, was curious. Like so many American families in the winter of 1977, she and her mom were snuggled together in front of the TV, watching Roots, the landmark miniseries based on Alex Haley’s genealogical hunt for his African ancestors.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Katherine Smith |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
Yield: 12 servings. 5 or 6 sweet potatoes3 cups self-rising flour1 cup cold water½ cup Crisco1 stick butter, cut into small pieces1 cup sugar, plus extra for dusting1 teaspoon or more nutmegFor dip:⅔ cup warm milk¼ cup sugar1 teaspoon vanillaPreheat oven to 375°. Peel and cut potatoes into 1-inch cubes. Cover with water and cook until just tender. Make crust by sifting flour into a bowl. Make a hole in the middle and pour in cold water and Crisco.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Lara Ivanitch |Robin Sutton Anders |Robert Lopez |Katie Schanze
When Pinehurst comes to mind, so does golf. Since its beginning, the charming village and the beloved game have been intertwined. With nearly 40 exceptional golf courses in its radius — and as host of the U.S. Open for the fourth time this year — Pinehurst has earned its spot among the game’s top destinations. But before golf, this swath of Sandhills was the remains of a pine forest, clear-cut for turpentine.
