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What’s the secret to the sweetness of the Bogue Sound melons? It may just be in the sand of the sun-kissed coast.

CALS graduate student studies long-undetected western North Carolina fish.

A waterfront development plan takes shape in Kinston.

Pender, Onslow County Extension teams bring in the beetles to tackle alligatorweed.

At this camp, the challenge is to learn entrepreneurism.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering students’ tractor-design team moves up in the ranks of national competition.

Young sleuths solve the mystery of the postmortem interval — with help from Crime Solving Insects.

Chatham County’s Debbie Roos is a new agent for a new kind of farmer.