With more people set to hit the road this summer than in the last decade, New England states are clamoring for a bigger share of the seasonal travel market. The stronger economy, as well as cheaper gas prices, are fueling…
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Asheville Wedding Photo Goes Viral, Couple Shocked at Attention
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A wedding photo of a young Asheville couple has gone viral on Memorial Day weekend. The photo, posted on Dwayne Schmidt Photography’s Facebook page Saturday night, had about 500 likes by Sunday morning. After News 13 posted…
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Sharon’s Son: Taking it to Raleigh
Matt Lindberg Submitted Chamber trip The Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce members in the N.C. Senate Chamber in Raleigh on Wednesday. Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:28 pm Sharon’s Son: Taking it to Raleigh 0 comments Posted on May 21, 2015…
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Cape Cod® Will Stash $60000 into Bags of Potato Chips This Summer
–> and imageUrl: http://visit-nc.com/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/6c55b_218194 –> TripAdvisor Logo. (PRNewsFoto/TripAdvisor) One dozen lucky Cape Cod fans will become $5,000 richer this summer with the start of the potato chip brand’s Ridiculously Good Bags of Cash giveaway. Facebook Twitter Pinterest left 0 One…
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Beer City, USA — or DWI City, USA? (Long version)
Editor’s note: Reader interest in this topic has prompted Xpress to post the following longer version of the letter to the editor “Beer City, USA — or DWI City, USA?” which appeared in the May 20 issue and online. I have…
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Here come the judge(s)
Neither man nor beast is safe, as the old saying goes, while the legislature is in session in Raleigh. I know. I put in five years there one time as a member of the state capital press corps. I had…
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Countdown to college: Revisiting admissions decisions
Local News Crowd marks 50th Memorial Day Festival of Flags ceremony at Ferndale cemetery
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Nature faces off against politics in North Carolina
Down the coast in Wilmington, Phil Prete, the city’s senior environmental planner, said that although it has no beachfront, planners are trying to understand how sea level rise will affect flood-prone areas and tidal creeks. Wilmington recently partnered with the…
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Parkway tourism creates $863 million in economic benefits
ASHEVILLE — As the summer season officially started this past weekend, visitation to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2015 is already up over 11 percent from last year. Based on recently released 2014 visitor spending numbers, increased visitation on the…
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Officials make test run of passenger ferry; may help tourism
Gun shop proposal from Marine Corps veteran riles Arlington, Virginia
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