We are taking a short publishing pause in early July to give the staff a chance to rest and reset. We’ll be back with more big-swing stories on July 15, and in the meantime, we’ll be re-sending some of our favorite stories so far this year that you may have missed.
North Carolina is a state in transition, as both demographics and economic drivers continue to shift. Creating the infrastructure for all those new people and jobs isn’t always easy, or without controversy. Here are five stories that tease out the big questions about what our state will look like in the future.
The Most Magical Place in North Carolina
Disney stunned many when it announced plans for a new development in Chatham County. The project, called Asteria, could add to tensions over population growth, infrastructure, and the environment.
At A Crossroads
We took a road trip along one of the state’s oldest highways to probe what the “Carolina Core” marketing effort might mean for the region’s future.
The Next Development Frontier
With 10,000 new homes expected over the next decade, once-rural southern Columbus County is experiencing some growing pains.
A Town’s Entire Staff Resigned. What Happens Now?
Summerfield was incorporated in 1996 to keep itself separate from Greensboro. Now that all nine town employees have resigned, the future of the antigrowth suburb is more uncertain than ever.
TikTok’s Prince of Poverty
Social-media sensation Thomas Cruz gloats about building a fortune from a government program that houses poor people. But in Wilmington, he left a trail of liens and housing-code violations.
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