Iredell County News and In-Depth Reporting

Lookin’ For A Fight

Pat Harrigan gives a tour of his firearms manufacturing facility in Connelly Springs. (Matt Ramey for The Assembly)

An insider and an outsider vie to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry in a strongly Republican district in the foothills.

Eli Vastbinder at his home in Statesville. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

Eli Vastbinder has taken bull riding from North Carolina to New York and back as part of a growing network of professional riders.