UNC Chapel Hill graduate Sophia Woo & NCSU graduate Sunny Lin are taking the food truck scene by storm! The dynamic duo proudly represented NC on Food Network’s “The Great American Food Truck Race & took home the national title of best food truck in America. A small taste of their infectious personalities, love for the community & Pho nomenal dumplings are the key ingredients to their success.

Every year thousands of winter enthusiasts travel to the high country of our state to experience the snow. This year has been abnormally warm so there has been less snow to enjoy.

Amy Murphy always knew she wanted to help others, but when she read a story about the homeless & hungry in Greensboro she knew she had to act. Amy considered fried chicken a comfort food & hatched a plan to help & comfort those in need with leftovers from a local restaurant. Now 3 years later, she serves her friends downtown weekly & they have affectionately nicknamed her the Chicken Lady.

UNC Wilmington researchers build new facial recognition technology with a wide range of applications, including health and national security.

"The Chicken Lady" makes it her mission to serve the homeless in Greensboro. Researchers at UNCW are studying the human face for medical insights. The NC Ski Industry rebounds from an unusually warm start to the winter season. Plus the Phonomenal Dumpling Truck serves Asian cuisine that earned it the title of America's Best Food Truck.

Zoos demonstrate commitment to stewardship of the animal kingdom through participation in the Species Survival Plan, a program aimed at maintaining a healthy gene pool among endangered species who live in captivity. As an outcome of these efforts, one animal at the Greensboro Science Center has received a new possible mate.

Nobody knows how Carolina Bays were formed. They look like swamps and wetlands from ground level, but from the air they take on a fascinating uniform shape and directional alignment.

Cure your cravings for a time-honored concoction of collards and cornbread, the components of a Southern North Carolina sandwich that captures a true slice of Lumbee life.

Hunters For The Hungry is a non profit organization that works with the North Carolina Wildlife Federation to take excess deer killed legally by hunters and donates them to food banks and food pantries across the state. Jeff Smith has the story of how this program works and who it helps.

The Lewis brothers build boats that will last forever and their family represents the continuation of a tradition that remains a living occupation for many Harkers Island residents. Their traditional handicraft has earned them recognition as 2016 NC Heritage Award recipients.