GREENSBORO — Gate City leaders are still buzzing over the news that Charlotte Hornets’ D-League is coming. This is just another addition to the already big sports tourism industry. “I want to thank Malcom and the NBA Development League and Fred…
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Growing a brand: Young farmers navigate a hard business – Asheville Citizen
Last SlideNext Slide Owner of Hickory Nut Gap Farm Jamie Ager talks about farming out on his farm’s pumpkin patch Wednesday October 21, 2015.(Photo: Maddy Jones/mjones@citizen-times.com) As dozens of children in rain boots tromped through a field trip at Hickory…
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Jackson gets closer to having a tourism director
“I think this is a huge step forward in what the board says they want to do,” said Robert Jumper, chairman of Jackson’s Tourism Development Authority board, at the board’s meeting last week. Some board members were a bit taken…
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MADVAPES Expands Store Locations Across America!
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Crop Walk celebrates 38 years in Rock Hill Sunday
South Carolina’s oldest CROP Walk will be held Sunday, starting at Winthrop University. It’s the event’s 38th anniversary. The Rev. Ricky Howell, organizer and United Methodist campus minister with the Winthrop Wesley Foundation, said this year’s Eastern York County CROP…
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For Corps of Engineers, More Shore Work
Over the past three years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has moved 24.5 million cubic yards of sand onto the regional coastline battered by superstorm Sandy, enough to fill MetLife stadium a dozen times. The sprawling federal agency has…
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Asheville candidates debate I-240, parking in last forum – Asheville Citizen
City council candidates from left, Rich Lee, Julie Mayfield, Marc Hunt, Keith Young, Lindsey Simmerly and Brian Haynes participate in the a final debate on Oct. 28 at The Country Club of Asheville before election day on Nov. 3. (Photo:…
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Update on the latest religion news
SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT-GOD Texas student says assignment questioned religious beliefs KATY, Texas (AP) — A suburban Houston junior high school student has complained about an assignment that she says questioned students’ religious beliefs. Katy school district officials called the writing assignment…
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I-73 project’s ‘scoring’ called into question
Interstate 73 – and the roadblocks to its construction – were discussed extensively at both Henry County Board of Supervisors meetings on Tuesday. Ronald “Skip” Ressel Jr., president of the I-73 Committee of Martinsville and Henry County, spoke to the…
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New Hanover County tourism board adopts resolution opposing offshore drilling
The New Hanover County Tourism Development Authority became the latest organization to adopt a resolution opposing offshore drilling off the coast of North Carolina on a unanimous vote Wednesday evening. The TDA, which governs the Wilmington and Beaches Convention and…
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