Elizabeth City City Council has endorsed the idea of a new regional ferry project, but isn’t committing any city funding for it. Council voted 6-0 last week to adopt a resolution in support of the Harbor Town project that University…
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Judge: Jury won’t take smell tour of North Carolina hog farm
By EMERY P. DALESIOAP Business Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A federal judge says he won’t send jurors for a see-and-sniff tour of a North Carolina hog-growing operation at the center of a lawsuit claiming industrial-scale pork production causes ugly…
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EXCLUSIVE: Would public tax money be used to help keep Panthers?
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North Carolina hopes to lure ‘EV tourists’ with rural charging stations
A train station put the tiny mountain town of West Jefferson, North Carolina on the map. A century later, some hope electric-vehicle charging stations will help keep it there. West Jefferson is among the first communities to benefit from an…
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Column: Ag tourism can be fun and exciting
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As Trump denies climate change, The Collider, area leaders search for solutions – Asheville Citizen
CLOSE NASA has released new maps that detail the effects of climate change around the world. As several areas in the U.S. are facing a blizzard, much of the western world is abnormally hot. Buzz60 Buy Photo Jeremy Tarr, the…
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As spring break begins, tourism remains mainstay of local economy
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Firefighters Save Man Waterfall Twin Bridges Saluda NC – Firehouse
April 02–Rescuers saved a man who fell 70 feet from a North Carolina waterfall Sunday afternoon, according to news reports. Asheville’s WLOS said the man fell from a waterfall in the Twin Bridges area near N.C. 176 south of Saluda.…
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Boone Town Council Approves $25000 for Greenway Trail Skate Park
By Nathan Ham Skating enthusiasts in Boone received good news last Thursday when the Boone Town Council unanimously approved a site for a skate park near the Greenway Trail. A presentation was put together for the town council members as…
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Rick Suyao named High Country Soccer Association’s first Executive Director
This past week, High Country Soccer Association’s board of directors announced in the club’s weekly newsletter the hiring of the Boone-based soccer club’s first executive director, Rick Suyao. He began his duties on April 1, 2018. “The board wholeheartedly agrees that…
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