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Catawba County, North Carolina is ideal for those who have a sense of adventure and a heart for hard work: for people with a passion for making something of themselves, their community, and...

When Jessica Lopez followed her faith to Puerto Rico after finishing high school, a two-month personal mission turned into a four-year cultu...

When someone's been a fixture in a community like Austin Pearce has, you think you know him – until he gets to talking with Hal Row. Known a...

It's a realtor's job to sell a community along with selling its houses. But for Jay Brown, selling Catawba County is the easy part. An arden...

How strong is Catawba County's draw? Just ask Jennifer Rowan and her husband, who fell in love with the Town of Maiden and bought a house th...

If hard work pays off, then Patrick Broos is a millionaire. From working in aviation maintenance through his career in healthcare, Patrick a...

Shortly after moving to Catawba County, Anna Price landed the career of her dreams in the hospitality industry. She extended that passion fo...

In college, Justus Rowe wanted to get back to the basics – like living-in-a-tent-in-the-woods basics. Inspired by the homestead lifestyle, h...

Not every woman gets confused with her grandma, but 31-year-old Asia "Mae" Magness does. Owner of Mae's Bakery in downtown Maiden, she has r...

As a rocket systems specialist at Fort Bragg, Ariel Allensworth wasn't quite sure how a job like that would transition into a real-world car...

From the time she was in junior high, Angela Pisel knew she loved writing. After getting a few articles published, she started kicking aroun...

Imagine teaching yourself how to make stained glass without the benefit of the internet or YouTube. That's what Marietta Burke did. Using bo...

When she was in third grade, Lucy Her and her family caravanned from California with nine other Hmong families and one U-Haul to start a new...

He was hitchhiking in El Salvador while on a Peace Corps mission, and she was riding in the back of her cousin's pickup truck. This chance e...

Sometimes it really does take a village. For Kelly Stewart, a village of people in Catawba County helped keep a young boy from a broken home...

How does a barber who comes to Catawba County with just the shirt on his back rise up to become a business owner and elected official? And w...

From industrial designer to cider maker, Justin Fox transformed his passion for making things into buying an orchard and crafting a life for...