David Wright

If you’ve lived in the Southeast for any amount of time, you may have heard on more than one occasion someone saying there is a Chinese restaurant next to every Food Lion. This has been investigated thoroughly on TikTok, of all places. A user under the ha... See more

From scenic folksong to Mendelssohn, Camerata Nordica impresses at Carnegie It would be easy to underestimate the Camerata Nordica octet. Here are eight young string players from Sweden (and other points near and far) bringing gifts of Swedish folk tunes ... See more

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: If you're like me, you were following messages from people up and down the East Coast over the weekend. Some people had power, some people did not because of a slow-moving storm called a nor'easter. The name comes from winds that blow... See more

Drought conditions and an incoming El Niño rain pattern are casting uncertainty on Western North Carolina’s peak fall color season, but the local visitor’s center chief isn’t worried: Tourists don’t seem to pay attention to such forecasts, he said. “Inter... See more

Reports of feral swine in Burke County are few and far between, with little more than rumors of their presence in South Mountains State Park and Pisgah National Forest, but among the experts, you’ll hear a common thread: Burke County is lucky to have gone... See more