By Uma Nayar, Ashleigh Afromsky, Hannah Nelson It is 7:30 on a cold November Tuesday night at the TA Truck Stop, part of theTravelCenters of America chain, in Whitsett (pop. 560 or so), just off I-40 on NC Highway 61. The lights inside and out are blinding, and people are bustling around. There are two… Read more

By Caitlin Rundle, Isabella Seman and Grace Dorsett Kimberly Younger Kimberly Younger accepted a job at Petro Stopping Center #329 18 years ago and hasn’t looked back since. Younger grew up on Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, but her mother moved Younger and the rest of the family to North Carolina three decades… Read more