Historian David Cecelski recounts spending the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in Piney Grove with descendants of Caesar Evans, who escaped from slavery during the Civil War, fought in the Union army, and later bought 228 acres in central Brunswick County.
In only the third update to its stormwater design manual since the late '90s, the N.C. Department of Transportation is embracing more nature-based tools to reduce flooding and improve water quality.