Category: Tourism

Military history draws tourists to museums, historic sites

Fort Bragg is a military powerhouse, home to several key commands and roughly one-tenth of the armed forces. But the rest of North Carolina is no slouch either, when it comes to military history. There are several sites around the

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Maggie Valley mayor killed in construction accident – News – WLOS ABC13 …

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Food editor tackles first reader cooking lesson | Food & Drink | Bradenton Herald

Local News Manatee County employee pay lags behind other counties

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Charleston Gazette-Mail | Shark attacks leave Outer Banks waters emptier

If it weren’t for an unusually empty ocean at the Outer Banks, Haley Withrow might not have known about a recent series of incidents which have been taking place in the waters. While the media has been reporting a string

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Former Asheville mayoral candidate, Civil Service leader runs – Asheville Citizen

John Miall(Photo: Special to the Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE – A former mayoral candidate and chairman of a powerful worker grievance board is running for City Council. John Miall filed to run just before the Friday deadline, joining a field of 16

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Smartest Way to Take a Vacation – WSJ

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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US Airways’ final flight now expected in October

Ben Mutzabaugh, Today in the Sky columnist of USA Today.(Photo: USA Today) American Airlines and US Airways next weekend will start the three-month process of combining their reservations systems, signaling the beginning of the end for the US Airways brand.

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The Future of Land Resources – Across the Fence – TheHorse.com

Funds for land acquisition and trail development are drying up. Photo: Thinkstock.com Each horse needs about two acres of land to meet its basic exercise, shelter, and forage needs. In addition, owners and riders need land for their horse-related endeavors.

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Local Maggie Valley mayor killed on construction site … – Asheville Citizen … – Asheville Citizen

Ron DeSimone(Photo: Special to the Citizen-Times) MAGGIE VALLEY – The flags are at half staff as townspeople remember the work and love of their mayor. Ron DeSimone, the mayor of Maggie Valley, was killed Friday in a construction site accident,

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North Carolina’s top job recruiter | myfox8.com

CARY, N.C. — He’s young (not even 40-years-old), bright, energetic and the key person when it comes to bringing new jobs to North Carolina. What he and his team do over the next few years will have a direct link

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