This year, there's a new category at the Grammys: Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album. A young band from Louisiana called The Pine Leaf Boys received a nomination for its second album, Blues de Musicien.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Frank Roberts was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award at a ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Roberts is a retired businessman and veteran who has worked for many ...

Scotty McCreery has received a special honor from his home state of North Carolina: the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award. “Everyone knows how proud I am of being from North Carolina and that I’m ...

Mac Hodges, a member of the Beaufort County School Board for four decades, has been awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.

Courtney Granger, the Grammy-nominated fiddler and member of the Pine Leaf Boys, has died at the age of 39. The master fiddler and traditional Cajun musician died Saturday of a suspected blood clot ...

Pine Leaf Boys will pay tribute to their late bandmate and fiddler this Saturday at Hideaway in Lafayette. Courtney Granger, 39, died last month from a blood clot and a series of health problems he ...

EAST SPENCER — One of the state’s highest honors, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine has been awarded to all sorts of people. The famous, like Andy Griffith and Maya Angelou, and the local heroes — ...

Recipients of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine often experience a variety of emotions. Some break into huge grins; others stand stunned in stoic silence. Alfonza McAllister broke into tears. "My ...

One of the southern yellow pine trees that have native populations in Frederick County is the short leaf pine (Pinus echinata). There are some small populations of this tree scattered around Sugarloaf ...

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