April brings a new season’s fresh air. And fresh beer. April has been declared N.C. Beer Month by the state’s Division of Tourism and – perhaps more important – the N.C. Brewers Guild. This is the third year craft brewers…
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House members back film credit
Governor Charlie Baker’s plan to end the state’s controversial film tax credit is facing mounting opposition in the House of Representatives, marking the Democrat-controlled Legislature’s first significant break with the Republican governor. A vocal group of rank-and-file representatives has joined…
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Vegas gets $3 million boost in homeland security grant – Las Vegas Review
WASHINGTON — Southern Nevada will receive $3 million from the federal government to guard against terrorism, a three-fold increase over last year and a boost to local homeland security. Las Vegas was among 28 cities that will split $587 million…
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New NY budget allocates cash for beer, onions, and pit bulls
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — in the new state budget. The $142 billion spending plan includes $125,000 in appropriations for the Christmas Tree Farmers Association of New York, which got one of the hundreds of pork-barrel…
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Racism at Core of Native Teen Suicides in Pine Ridge
At least 11 children between the ages of 12 and 17 have committed suicide in my county since December. The heartbreaking details vary from child to child, but their families and this community—in the newly renamed Oglala Lakota County—feel the…
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Egg Hunt at Mordecai Historic Park
Children, like Josie Hauch, 3, of Raleigh, center, rush a grassy field of colorful eggs during the Mordecai Historic Park Egg Hunt in downtown Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Staff members hand-stuffed about 1,500 eggs for annual event…
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NASCAR notebook: Childress appeals penalties against Newman
Posted Apr. 2, 2015 at 9:07 PM
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Cited studies don’t show wind farms hurt tourism
Last month I wrote about North Carolina’s environment secretary urging federal authorities to keep wind farms at least 24 miles off North Carolina’s shoreline. Secretary Donald van der Vaart cited four studies commissioned by New Jersey, where a proposed wind…
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Can a Whitewater Park Jump-Start Asheville’s Economy?
It’s been 60 years since an Asheville writer named Wilma Dykeman packed her husband into a car for a six-month ride along the French Broad River, which extends from southwestern North Carolina into Knoxville before joining with the Tennessee. The…
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Nashville’s major new bourbon, beer & food festival will be huge celebration …
Nashville’s major new bourbon, beer food festival will be huge celebration of top-tier racing event Frontstretch Fest coming to Nashville Farmers’ Market on Saturday, May 2 Tickets on sale now! A huge Southern celebration of quality bourbon, craft beer and horse racing, Frontstretch…
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