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Island in the Storm

The wind was howling and spitting rain, which was on the edge of turning to sleet.

While most folks with any sense snuggled their shoulders deeper into a nest of bedcovers, we jumped up at the alarm clock. […]

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Racking Up at Rougemont

Northern Durham and southern Person counties have had a reputation for years as areas that produce some of North Carolina’s most-impressive trophy deer. […]

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His Brother’s Keeper

Thomas Hemby of Ayden was riding a four-wheeler through the woods and fields of a Pitt County farm June 6, 2005.

At the time, Hemby, 32, was a successful sub-contracter who owned a local house-framing business. Life was good and profitable as the building boom was in full bloom. […]

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Paintball Doves & Granville Deer

When the Wake County Wildlife Club gave out awards for North Carolina’s top white-tailed bucks of 2006 last March at the Dixie Deer Classic, one of the top eight-pointers belonged to 11-year-old Andrew Watson of Oxford. […]