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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1918, North Carolina opened Samarcand in Moore County as the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, a reform school … Continue reading Thursday, September 17, 2026

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1960, Methodist College welcomed its first class of 88 students in Fayetteville, built on land local citizens had offered to … Continue reading Wednesday, September 16, 2026

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1857, the resort town of Shocco Springs in Warren County held North Carolina’s first known medieval-style ring tournament, where riders … Continue reading Tuesday, September 15, 2026

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2018, Hurricane Florence came ashore near Wrightsville Beach as a Category 1 storm, then crawled across the Carolinas and became … Continue reading Monday, September 14, 2026

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1781, near Alamance County, General John Butler’s 400 North Carolina militiamen intercepted David Fanning’s Loyalist force after their surprise capture … Continue reading Sunday, September 13, 2026

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1857, the S.S. Central America sank 200 miles off Cape Hatteras during a hurricane, killing hundreds and losing over $1.5 … Continue reading Saturday, September 12, 2026

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1961, North Carolina’s first ski resort, Cataloochee Ski Slopes, was incorporated. It opened Dec. 22 of that year and was … Continue reading Friday, September 11, 2026

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1934, Charles Kuralt was born in Wilmington. The CBS newsman spent decades wandering America’s back roads in a motor home, … Continue reading Thursday, September 10, 2026

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1820, Revolutionary War heroine Martha McFarlane McGee Bell died at her Randolph County home. She once nursed British troops at her mill … Continue reading Wednesday, September 9, 2026

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1712, North Carolina’s first governor, Edward Hyde, died of yellow fever at his Albemarle Sound home amid political upheaval from … Continue reading Tuesday, September 8, 2026