Leigh Ann Henion chronicled her journey in her new memoir Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World The 37-year-old, from Boone, North Carolina, visited Hawaii’s still-burning volcanoes and Sweden’s aurora borealis – among her many adventures …
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Fast-growing Asian aviation confronts safety challenges
Local News Woodward Park packed with family, friends, food and fun on Easter Sunday
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Crash kills one NCCU student, injures second and a third person
A N.C. Central University student died Tuesday night and a football player at the school who police said was driving a car that crossed the center line of N.C. 55 was hurt along with the driver of a second car.…
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Obama to visit Louisville on Thursday for ‘event on the economy’
Local News Chris Bailey’s weather forecast: Warm, humid air coming our way
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Protests mount over shooting range plans near Lake James
Protests are rising over a state plan to open a shooting range near Lake James, at the foot of Burke County’s rugged and renowned Linville Gorge Wilderness. The site is on state game lands 70 miles northwest of Charlotte and…
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Junxure Announces 2015 Conference for Financial Advisors
RALEIGH, N.C., April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Junxure CRM (www.junxure.com) Co-Founder and President Greg Friedman today announced the 2015 Junxure Advisor Conference to be held at the Las Vegas Four Seasons Hotel on October 8-9. Junxure is an industry-leading CRM solutions…
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education notes
Local News Chris Bailey’s weather forecast: Warm, humid air coming our way
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Isle Royale National Park, worth trip far into Lake Superior to go backpacking
With the men’s Final Four set for college basketball, I’m rooting for Michigan State. You’re right, I couldn’t name the Spartans coach or top player, but I know Michigan has some country I like more than the other states with…
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VETERANS’ CORNER: Benefits available for vets who served at Camp Lejeune
• EDITOR’S NOTE: Veterans’ Corner, a column to inform armed-forces veterans about services and benefits available to them, appears the first Sunday of each month. From the 1950s through the 1980s, people living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps…
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Texas, Bristol and Michigan to make safety modifications
Local News Commissioner Smith: Nothing to entice businesses, wants CRA outside Palmetto limits
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