When 64-year-old Randall Keen enters a UNC game, ushers greet him by name. Living with ALS hasn’t stopped him from cheering for nearly every Tar Heel team–or from teaching his daughter, Avery, what it means to keep showing up in Carolina blue.
From fiber to floor: A Durham startup’s sustainable spin to North Carolina’s textile industry
As North Carolina’s textile industry searches for a new identity, companies like CICIL are testing whether sustainable, locally sourced products can revive a fading legacy.

