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Twelve years ago, Joanna Helms walked into The Depot in downtown Apex as a department of one. There was no playbook, no precedent. All…

Every year, this issue starts with the same quiet astonishment: How much can one person build when she decides not to wait for permission?…

Mandy Becker was stepping off an elevator in Puerto Rico when a stranger stopped her. Although Mandy was thousands of miles from either of…

Every now and then, we come across a simple but powerful message: What you think, you become. It may not be groundbreaking, but it’s…

Debbi Burns is the neighbor nobody suspects. “People would never guess when I shop at Harris Teeter, Food Lion, or Trader Joe’s,” she says,…

Melissa Rich found her father’s care home the way most families never do: by walking her dog past it every day, hearing it mentioned…