Brunswick County News and In-Depth Reporting

A Homegrown Plant With a Taste For Blood Gets New Life

Tiny Venus flytraps growing in the wild in Brunswick County. (Madeline Gray for The Assembly)

The Venus flytrap has survived numerous adversaries over the years, from encroaching development to bureaucratic delays.

The Land War in Brunswick

The town of Leland, one of North Carolina’s fastest-growing municipalities, has used annexation as a tool to help propel its growth. But this summer, the legislature took away its annexation power. (Photo by Johanna F. Still)

How an annexation-hungry town in the state’s fastest-growing county drew the ire of its most powerful lawmaker.