Local News Fun in the sun – but the competition was still fierce – at the DeSoto Bottle Boat Regatta on Palma Sola Bay

Posted Apr. 12, 2015 at 4:00 AM

Summerville master-planned community debuts three builders’ homes today Just as the latest fashion line gets shoppers amped to buy outfits, Nexton’s backers want to draw prospective purchasers to its spring collection of new-home styles. The upscale community at Interstate 26…

DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: We’re devastated, because the doctor has just told us our 3-year-old son is autistic and will never have a normal life. What did we do to deserve this? We’d looked forward so much to having a normal…

I am a beer person. I enjoy beer, I brew beer and just enjoy being part of the beer culture in general. So, this month is a good one for me. It is the third year for N.C. Beer Month.…

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Swiss Diamond’s innovative Double-Burner Griddle was named one of AIMsights’ Top Ten Products for the Changing American Family. International marketing consulting company AIMsights provides in-depth expertise in the purchasing behaviors of Millennials and Baby…

DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: I don’t really disbelieve in God, but I just don’t think about God or religion or things like that. I have a very active and happy life, so why should I bother with God? — N.P. DEAR…

Posted on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 5:00 am Yvonne Stewart, special projects coordinator-City of Winchester has earned certification as a “Travel Marketing Professional” (TMP) after completing the three-year program of the Southeast Tourism Society (STS) Marketing College. Stewart was…

The U.S. Capitol building was running on a generator for a time, and Metro trains kept moving, but on emergency power. Tourists were evacuated from museums. At the State Department during the daily press briefing, spokeswoman Marie Harf was forced…

CHARLOTTE, NC (Ely Portillo/The Charlotte Observer) – Charlotte council members heard options Wednesday to cut expenses, shuffle costs to special funds, increase fees and raise property taxes as they try to close a $21.7 million budget gap left by a…