Options for Indian, Asian Cuisine Expand in Downtown Southern Pines

Options for Indian and Asian food are growing this summer in downtown Southern Pines. Bambu Boba Café is combining its operations with Steve’s TK Pizza & Subs and moving to the [...]

What’s SkinPen? Your Questions Answered by a Pro

Because sometimes a SkinPen and about an hour in the chair at Fanatical Skin & Ink is all you need to work a little magic. The only FDA-approved microneedling device on the market, [...]

The Good Dirt: The Making of Reverie Hill Farm

Not many would see potential in a barren plot, empty except for a single RV hookup protruding from the earth. But for Katherine Canada, who’s now turned that plot into Reverie Hill Farm, the land [...]

Meet a Guy Whose Art is Cutting Edge

A little over a year ago, Joseph Wade cut down a tree in his yard. Totally normal, right? But instead of slicing that baby up and using it for marshmallow roasting fuel, this active-duty [...]

Ask an OBGYN: Should Pregnant Women Get the COVID Vaccine?

Dr. John Byron has been helping bring new life to the world since before many of us were alive — in places like the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Wurzberg, Germany during Operation Desert [...]

Play Escape Founder to Open Little Pines Academy

You know her as the woman who helped you get through the toddler years. But now Aslynn Rust is moving her signature indoor playground to a new venture: Little Pines Academy. “When I [...]

QUIZ: So You Want to Be a Landlord?

OK, so you have an investment property or five. Just because you have a ton of house-buying power doesn’t mean you’re cut out to manage the tenants that call your house a home. Test [...]

Why This Mom & Doctor Couldn’t Wait to Get the COVID Vaccine

Gretchen Arnoczy, an infectious diseases physician who has been caring for COVID-19 patients at FirstHealth since the pandemic began, has now become an unofficial source for friends and patients [...]

An American Winehound in Paris: Life is Like ‘The ‘Twilight Zone’

Eight months ago, Sway team member Melissa Kohlman’s family PCS’d to Paris, France. Two months later, the city went into lockdown. Being confined to your apartment can’t be too [...]

Local Tintype Photographer Brings Blast from the Past

You can take home a vintage glamour shot that’ll outlive your awkward middle school yearbook photo by centuries thanks to local tintype photographer Tim Christensen.  Tintype photos are [...]