Features

Charlie Skrade, a UWM student and editor at the UWM Post, shares how his passion for writing and journalism took off after attending the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Dorothy Carpenter’s path to UWM wasn’t your typical route, but it ended up being exactly the right journey for her.

UWM student Alex Stahl shares her journey from barista at a Starbucks to manager at Brady Street’s Rochambo Coffee & Tea House.

Sky Abner talks about her major change from pre-veterinary medicine to journalism.

UW-Milwaukee Architecture major Josef Wertel describes his journey into enjoying and creating art.

Brooke St. Louis-Hargraves is a journalism major at UWM who’s had an interesting journey to her major.

Situado en las Montañas Blue Ridge de Carolina del Norte, el pequeño pueblo de Chimney Rock quedó devastado por el paso del huracán Helene, dejando decenas de casas en ruinas cerca del popular destino turístico del lago Lure. En los meses siguientes, iglesias, movidas por su fe, se unieron para apoyar al pueblo, proporcionándole alimentos […]

The city of Asheville is home to around 700 artists. Murals can be found throughout the city, showcasing different works from thousands of minds that have a shared love of art. Now, all of the businesses that were on the opposite side of the train tracks are gone without a trace. The flood waters left […]

Up in the residential neighborhoods of Swannanoa, North Carolina, a family-owned tire shop stands on the corner of North Avenue and Park Street. In the midst of dilapidated, flood-ravaged houses and flattened foundations, stacks of tires and jacked-up cars mark the neighborhood’s one reminder of how things used to be.  A modest town of 5,000 […]

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. […]

As Media Milwaukee reporters drive into Barnardsville, North Carolina on an overcast April afternoon, dark clouds roll over the sky and a slight wind picks up. It’s not raining right now, but it will be later. The Ivy Creek that runs through town rolls in the distance, and only grows louder as the reporters pull […]

Harper Leich spent two decades in Asheville, North Carolina, building her life around her passion for painting. Asheville, known for its thriving arts scene, draws creatives from across the country to its River Arts District, a vibrant neighborhood along the French Broad River known for converted warehouses and industrial buildings now housing artists’ studios, galleries, […]