Last week’s reporting trip to Asheville was a great time and a chance to meet some really interesting people ahead of the big Ken Burns’ Documentary “Prohibition” being released. I met an ex-moonshine bootlegger who graciously gave me an interview. His name is Cookie Wood and he told me to “just ask the questions and [...]
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Meeting an Old Bootlegger and Historian in Asheville to Talk Moonshine & Prohibition
A Week of NC Politics that Revolves Around Gay Marriage
The week closed on the North Carolina General Assembly and with it settles the first round of the gay marriage debate in North Carolina. Lawmakers approved, by three-fifths majorities, the scheduling of a statewide referendum on May 8, 2012. North Carolina voters, on Primary Day 2012, will decide if the state constitution will include [...]
Tobacco Crop Damage in Eastern North Carolina Due to Hurricane Irene
My show, North Carolina Now’s, managing producer Mitch Lewis called me this past Sunday night. We’d be kicking the week off with coverage of the damage caused by Hurricane Irene as it swept through eastern North Carolina. Another reporter, David Huppert, was hitting the Outer Banks to see if they’d be ready for Labor Day [...]
