Mayor For Life

Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo on the stage of Live Oak Bank Pavilion, a riverfront performance venue the city opened in 2021. (Johanna F. Still for The Assembly)

Wilmington’s Bill Saffo has sailed through more than two decades in public office.

Here’s the Beef

Joe Hampton and Lee Menius at the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ Piedmont Research Station. (Travis Dove for The Assembly)

State measures taken to address the shortage of local meat during the pandemic have had a longer shelf life than anyone imagined. 

No Place Like Home

The North Carolina State Veterans Home. (Tony Wooten for CityView)

After the state abruptly closed a Fayetteville veterans home, years of problems came to light.