2014 Legal Elite winner: Antitrust - John F. Graybeal, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

Tim Lampkin is proud to promote a great place to hang out - or hang a hammock.

By mixing things up at B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake, lawmakers are saving buckets of money - at least for now.

During the heyday of American-made apparel, Winston-Salem-based Hanesbrands Inc.'s hometown manufacturing was done at two huge factories. Both were representative of the city's stature as a manufacturing center, but also are emblematic of the demise of that industry.

Hatteras Island businesses hope the latest sand to settle under the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge won't shift for some time.

Things have been cloudy at Charlotte Douglas International Airport lately, with state and city officials fighting over its control. That's not preventing Charlotte leaders from preparing for sunnier times.

2013 Falls into Place: An array of last year's executive excess, financial failings and baleful blunders. In other words, business as usual.

Cover story: Phil Berger, our Mover and Shaker of the Year, stayed the course to shift the state's direction.
 

Hot Stocks 2014: For the second straight year, our Hot Stocks pickers trampled the S&P. Will their bullish returns continue? 

Up Front: Looking forward

2014 Legal Elite winner: Young Guns - Michael F. Easley Jr., McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Tax/Estate Planning - Robert H. Haggard, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville

2014 Legal Elite winner: Real Estate - Michael G. Winters, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Litigation - Michael J. Byrne, Byrne Law PC, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Intellectual Property - Larry L. Coats, Coats & Bennett PLLC, Cary

2014 Legal Elite winner: Family Law - Lori M. Vitale, Vitale Family Law, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Environmental - Craig A. Bromby, Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Employment - Amie F. Carmack, Morningstar Law Group, Morrisville

2014 Legal Elite winner: Criminal Law - Michael J. Greene, Goodman, Carr, Laughrun, Levine & Greene PA, Charlotte

2014 Legal Elite winner: Corporate - Michael A. Springs, Bank of America Corp., Charlotte

2014 Legal Elite winner: Construction - Joseph H. Nanney Jr., Meynardie & Nanney PLLC, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Business - David D. Beatty, Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec PA, Raleigh

2014 Legal Elite winner: Bankruptcy - Benjamin A. Kahn, Nexsen Pruet LLC, Greensboro

Capital Goods: That the major policy initiative of the Obama administration nearly has been undone by a government website's glitches might come as a shock to many but not to watchers of state government.

Free & Clear: In a matter of weeks, the 2014 election cycle will begin with candidates filing for county, state and federal offices. In North Carolina, the stakes couldn't be higher.