New Bern may soon become a certified retirement community, a designation that could draw more visitors and potential residents. New Bern aldermen approved an application proposal Tuesday night that will be submitted by the New Bern Tourism Development Authority to…
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No easy answers at Asheville short-term rentals forum – Asheville Citizen
Buy Photo The Rankin House Inn on Elizabeth Place in Montford opened as a bed-and-breakfast about a year ago. Unlike short-term rentals, the Rankin House Inn has been zoned as a bed-and-breakfast establishment and has not run into any legal…
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CRB-Designed Mars Chocolate North America Facility Receives American …
January 14, 2015; St. Louis, Mo. – The Kansas Chapter of the American Concrete Institute has named the Mars Chocolate North America facility in Topeka, Kansas as the recipient of the 2014 Low Rise Buildings Award. As a member of…
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Obama shuns South Carolina for, well, just about everywhere else
Local News Organizers cancel 36th annual Mardi Gras Parade in Rubonia
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Citizens Group Files Lawsuit Against Proposed I-77 Toll Lanes
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St. Andrew’s star TE Jake Bargas commits to North Carolina
Making what was described as a “four-year decision” took St. Andrew’s star tight end Jake Bargas about 24 hours to contemplate. Bargas, a the three-star prospect, decommitted from Wake Forest on Sunday. By Monday, he committed with another Atlantic Coast…
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91st in Stem Jobs: Improving Polk’s Rating
Admittedly, it is not an enviable place to be. Lakeland should not be expected to be in the same class as those at the top of the high-tech job food chain: for instance, Houston, home of NASA’s Johnson Space Center,…
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Leaders warn deteriorating South Carolina roads hurting SC’s $18B tourism …
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — The chorus calling for lawmakers and Gov. Nikki Haley to fix South Carolina’s roads got louder on Tuesday as tourism officials warned deteriorating roads are threatening the state’s $18 billion tourism industry. The Coastal Chambers Alliance…
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White Labs to Open New Facility in Buncombe County
RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary John Skvarla along with the Economic Development Partnership of NC announced that White Labs, Inc. is opening a new facility in Buncombe County. The company plans to create 56…
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Neighbors outraged as sex offenders move in
A fiery crowd packed the Hickory Grove Library to voice their outrage against a program that allows sex-offenders to move into a house in their neighborhood.(Photo: WCNC) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WCNC) — A fiery crowd packed the Hickory Grove Library in…
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