SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1956, Agnes Morton and Donald F. MacDonald launched the first Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in North Carolina, recreating Scottish traditions … Continue reading Saturday, August 15, 2026

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1953, Hurricane Barbara came ashore on the North Carolina coast as a Category 2 storm. It caused $1.3 million in … Continue reading Friday, August 14, 2026

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1914, Asheville-raised nurse Madelon “Glory” Battle Hancock left for the Western Front to join the first British Hospital Unit in … Continue reading Thursday, August 13, 2026

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026 Good Morning. On this day in 1955, Hurricane Connie made landfall near Fort Macon with 75-mph winds and gusts to 100 mph. The storm killed 27 North … Continue reading Wednesday, August 12, 2026

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1875, William A. Graham died in New York while arbitrating a Maryland-Virginia border dispute. The Orange County Whig had been … Continue reading Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Monday, August 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1866, Eugene Willis Gudger was born in Waynesville. The mountain-town native grew into a renowned fish scientist, authoring more than 300 … Continue reading Monday, August 10, 2026

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2020, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near Sparta at 8:07 a.m. It generated the first documented co-seismic surface rupture by … Continue reading Sunday, August 9, 2026

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, during the Civil War’s first joint amphibious operation, a Union naval squadron under Flag Officer Silas Stringham successfully landed … Continue reading Saturday, August 8, 2026

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1928, Betsy Cromer Byars was born in Charlotte. A prolific children’s author, Byars wrote over 60 realistic novels, including the … Continue reading Friday, August 7, 2026

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1971, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, Bobby Allison beat Richard Petty by 3 seconds in a Ford Mustang—a race … Continue reading Thursday, August 6, 2026