As we picked our way along the trail Lori struck up a conversation. He was here on business at the Michelin plant in the Upstate. He liked to bike and run, and friends from work had recommended he try Asheville’s…
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BREAKIRON Produces New Simulation Experience For Airborne & Special …
RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – The production company behind the heart-pumping new simulation experience at North Carolina’s Airborne Special Operations Museum is Raleigh’s BREAKIRON AnimationDesign, LLC. BREAKIRON’s team created a high-definition adventure that puts riders in the boots of…
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SPX to Present at Electrical Products Group Conference
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPW) today announced that Chris Kearney, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Gene Lowe, President, Thermal Equipment and Services, will present at the Electrical Products Group Conference in Longboat…
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Sales tax shuffle
Duly noted: Two cents of the state sales tax currently goes to towns and counties. Of that, 1.5 cents is given out according to where the purchase was made and remaining half cent is according to population. More sales tax…
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WebAssign Launches New Analytics Feature, Class Insights
–> and imageUrl: http://visit-nc.com/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/9ea9a_CL75373LOGO –> TripAdvisor Logo. (PRNewsFoto/TripAdvisor) WebAssign is a flexible and fully customizable online instructional system that puts powerful tools in the hands of teachers, enabling them to deploy assignments, instantly assess individual student performance, and realize their…
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THE ART OF DEVELOPMENT
While the $60 million dollar plan for the Tanger Performing Arts Center gets all the headlines, it’s the collection of small street art projects known as tactical urbanism whose sum could eventually transform the true character of Downtown Greensboro. The…
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Biltmore Winery, nation’s most-visited wine maker, turns 30
Bernard Delille and Sharon Fenchak oversee Ashviille’s Biltmore Winery, which produces 150,000 cases annually. The winery is celebrating its 30th anniversary this spring.(Photo: Biltmore) ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Long before craft beer became a big hit in the Carolinas, the Biltmore…
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Reality Check: Asheville’s Hotel Tax
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Buncombe County’s hotel tax has generated $19,758,500 in revenue for the city’s Tourism Product Development Fund. Since 2001, the fund (supervised by a 9-member committee) comprised largely of hotel managers and tourism and lodging industry appointees, is…
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Reality Check: Buncombe County Hotel Tax
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Buncombe County’s hotel tax has generated $19,758,500 in revenue for the city’s Tourism Product Development Fund. Since 2001, the fund (supervised by a 9-member committee) comprised largely of hotel managers and tourism and lodging industry appointees, is…
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EDT – Belleville News
Mississippi town mourns 2 slain police officers; 3 suspects arrested HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — One was a decorated “Officer of the Year.” The other was a proud recent graduate of the police academy. A routine traffic stop led to their…
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