Articles by Carter Evenson

Chimney Rock is a small village in Western North Carolina with around 150 residents, situated in a valley at the base of Chimney Rock State Park. The quaint downtown, lined with storefronts, was a stop for tourists visiting the state park and nearby Lake Lure. When Hurricane Helene hit the area, the downtown was devastated. […]

Between the tourist destinations of Asheville and Black Mountain, lies a rural town called Swannanoa. During Hurricane Helene this small town suffered devastating flooding, washing away homes, businesses and infrastructure. The storm knocked out power and cell services, leaving the town’s citizens stranded with no way to contact the outside world.  Six months later, the […]

Santa Monica resident Susan Suntree stood on the beach in Santa Monica. Five miles from the burn zone, the environmental impact could still be seen and felt. The once picturesque beach was covered in a thick layer of ash and debris, turning the golden sand black. “I wanted to take my dog but they’re saying […]

Joshua Simpson lost years upon years of photography work when his home went up in flames. Negatives, prints and equipment were lost, but those things are not what he thinks about the most.  “The thing I think about a lot is I had my grandfather’s and grandmother’s Bibles, like their Bibles they had for the […]

On May 30, 2020, Larry Green Jr. told his mother Catherine James that he was going to an unnamed cousin’s house and headed off. This was not out of the ordinary for Green, who was homeless and was known to bounce around family member’s houses, staying a few nights here or there. Unbeknownst to James, […]

From the turn of the century to the 1970s, there was a mass exodus of Black Americans from the South. Driven from the South due to racist legislation and the ever-present threat of racial violence, they moved northward. Many of these migrants settled in industrial cities in the North, like Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee. This […]

On Nov. 12, 2021, Mensah Bonman was expecting a birthday call from his 24-year-old son Javeoni Buford, who always called him on his birthday. Javeoni never called, and that signaled to Bonman that something was up. He would receive a call from Javeoni’s maternal brother several days later, who told him that Javeoni had not […]

Fighting is typically something you do when you are upset. At Primal MKE, people do it to make themselves happy. Carter Evenson has the story.

Milwaukee takes steps towards more affordable housing as the Common Council’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee voted Tuesday morning to sell several city-owned vacant lots to be used for the Early Childhood Education New Homes Initiative which aims to provide low-cost homes for early childhood educators.  The ECE New Home Initiative is managed and funded […]

Hundreds of people lined up outside Lilliput Records on Milwaukee’s Lower East Side on April 20 for its Record Store Day 2024 event. The store opened its doors at 7 a.m., but some record collectors waited since as early as 6:30 a.m. the previous day in order to secure limited edition vinyl.   Record Store Day was […]

After a year filled with ups and downs, the Milwaukee Bucks finished the season holding the third seed in the Eastern Conference and will now move on to play the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs. The series will kick off in Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum on April 21 at 6 p.m. […]

The Minnesota Vikings started NFL free agency with a bang, letting go of veterans and revamping their defensive front.  The biggest shake-up for the Vikings has been with their quarterback. Kirk Cousins, who spent six seasons quarterbacking Minnesota, agreed to a four-year $180 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. […]