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10 super stops on the Blue Ridge Parkway most motorists overlook – Columbus Ledger

Local News Officials searching for inmate who escaped during work detail

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Duke Energy hammered on transmission line proposal

Bob Kestler stands with horses Bree, Tina Turner and Scottie in a field with a marker showing where a Duke transmission line could sit on Friday, July 24, 2015. Bob moved to the Upstate with wife Kitty onto the 16-acres

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Young entrepreneurs keep downtown thriving

 Purchase Photos Ben Webb, left, owner of Old North State Winery, and Luke Morrison, owner of The Blue Rabbit Art Gallery, spoke at a Millennial Panel Discussion during the North Carolina Main Street Conference earlier this year in Morganton. Close

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Tourists continue to flock to Wake County in June

Jeff Jeffrey Staff Writer Triangle Business Journal Sponsor Listing Enlarge JOHN WEST Wake County’s hotel occupancy rate was ahead of the state and national average in June. June proved to be another strong month for tourism in Wake County. The

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Asheville businesses fight to keep big chains out

Pedestrians walk past the Urban Outfitters at College and Haywood streets in Asheville, N.C.(Photo: Angeli Wright, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When Marylou Marsh-Sanders opened a clothing store in downtown Asheville six years ago, all eyes were on her

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The Smartest Way to Take a Vacation

ENLARGE July 20, 2015 11:38 a.m. ET Should you take a brief vacation, or a weekslong excursion? Go somewhere new, or relax at the family beach house? Psychologists and researchers have been studying how to create an ideal vacation that

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Carowinds Debuts New Charlotte Summer Festival Featuring Live Bands, Tasty …

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Local Official elected to Blue Ridge Parkway board

 Purchase Photos Roberts Close Email–> Print–> QR Favorite Font Size: A local official was recently appointed to Blue Ridge Parkway Association. Jessica Icenhour Roberts, director of tourism for the Mount Airy Tourism Development Authority and Greater Mount Airy Chamber of

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Consumer groups warn that N.C. hotels might be advertising deceptive rates

Samantha Cole, a spokeswoman for the N.C. Attorney General’s Office, says the N.C. Department of Justice has not received any complaints from consumers regarding resort fees. But she says the department’s Consumer Protection Division is always concerned if undisclosed or

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New Orangetheory Fitness Studio Coming to Charlotte

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