1) Go G.R.E.E.N. Day at Grandfather Mountain State Park, Aug. 22 Grandfather Mountain Reaching Environmental Education Now! Saturday, August 22 | 11am to 4pm Location: Foscoe/Grandfather Community Park on Hwy. 105 South, 233 Park Rd, Banner Elk, NC 28604 RAIN…
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Meet America’s mightiest Muffler Men | MNN – Mother Nature Network – MNN.com
Do you know the Muffler Man? Perhaps you do, but if you haven’t been properly acquainted, please, allow us. During the car-crazy 1960s, an era when roadside advertising involved dinosaurs and various forms of three-dimensional razzle-dazzle, businesses would do pretty…
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Kill this bill
In April county commissioners wisely decided not to change the method in which state sales tax is distributed in the county. The N.C. Department of Revenue Sales collects the sales and use tax revenue. It takes a portion and sends…
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Tourists worried about fire nix Glacier National Park trips – WBTV 3 News …
By MATT VOLZAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Hotels and campgrounds in Glacier National Park are flooded with calls from worried tourists canceling their reservations or asking whether the Montana landmark will stay open as a wildfire sweeps through a…
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Following trails on Knoxville road trip
A late-June road trip drew me to an outdoor writers conference in Knoxville, Tenn., where you’ll never chase all of its adventure trails. I brought back a few for you. ‘Urban wilderness’ Knoxville makes good use of the term “urban…
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Agri-tourism can boost bottom line for W.Va. farmers – The Exponent Telegram …
Corn mazes and pumpkin patches provide additional revenue and interest on farms across West Virginia when harvest time has long past. But other agri-tourism opportunities exist, as a group of West Virginia producers found out during a four month class…
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Asheville businesses fight to keep big chains out – USA Today
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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‘Donut Dollies’ member to speak to Colonial Dames
The Henry Corbin Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century will meet Aug. 5 at the Golden Leaf Bistro on Craighead Street in Danville. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. and is followed by a Dutch treat luncheon. Each…
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Local woman makes her mark in the printing industry | The Sun News …
Growing up in a fishing village in Peterhead, Scotland, Trish Sports could not have envisioned she would one day become the first female in the 84-year history of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Inc. (PICA) to chair its board…
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Young entrepreneurs keep downtown thriving – Mount Airy News – mtairynews.com …
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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