3:15 p.m. (CDT) A key question has been arising at Iowa’s political pig roast Saturday: Will the Republican presidential straw poll survive? Several 2016 hopefuls have said they will not participate in the carnival-like summer event that draws thousands of…
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Best-Kept Secrets: Racing, wrestling and rivers in Richmond County
Richmond County’s story is one of booms and busts. Nestled in the Sandhills along the South Carolina border, the area saw plenty of wealth in the 1800s as families grew cotton and kept slaves. Then came the Civil War, and…
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Comment Period Still Open for New Hotel Tax – WSAV
SAVANNAH, GA – Visitors to Savannah or Chatham county spent more than $2.5 billion here in 2014. Nearly a third of that was spent on hotel lodgings alone. The new $5 hotel motel tax is expected to ring in between…
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Flagler County TDC faces funding shortage – Daytona Beach News
With bed tax collections up 14 percent so far this year, Flagler County’s spot on the tourism map is growing. But with more local organizations looking for funding assistance just midway through the year, the cupboard at the Tourist Development…
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A long-term look at short-term rentals – Asheville Citizen
Cecil Bothwell Asheville’s City Council may come down hard on short-term rentals with increased policing and fines as high as $500 per day. I believe that’s a serious mistake. Presently it is illegal to rent independent residential units in most…
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North Myrtle Beach museum welcomes Dottie Frank again
Dorothea Benton Frank, whose first novel “Sullivan’s Island,” named after her hometown, was released in 2000, will at 4 p.m. Saturday attend a fundraiser for the North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum. The author, whose 16th and latest work, “All…
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Two Teens Lose Arms in North Carolina Shark Attacks
Two teenagers lost their arms in shark attacks just off the North Carolina coast Sunday, in what experts say is a rare instance of bites within 90 minutes and a few miles of each other. The teens were both swimming…
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High-wage jobs play part in Asheville growth – Asheville Citizen
Buy Photo From left, Stephanie Hellert, Marcel Christie, Jonah Hellert, and Matt Christie stand in front of some finished and unfinished pieces of Matt’s woodworking.(Photo: Pat Barcas/Citizen-Times)Buy Photo ASHEVILLE – Area home prices are rising, and competition for houses at…
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Men Who Suffer From Erectile Dysfunction in Raleigh Now Have Hope
RALEIGH, N.C., June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — On June 17th, The Raleigh Clinic For Men opens to men in the Raleigh market. Director Matt Gillogly says that changing lives and restoring intimacy is part of the mission statement at The Raleigh…
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Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council to Spotlight …
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