Looking west over downtown Asheville North Carolina Wednesday Sept. 30, 2015.(Photo: William Woody / wwoody@citizen-t, William Woody / wwoody@citizen-t) CULLOWHEE — An all-day conference at Western Carolina University next month will take a closer look at the connection between healthy downtown…

By PAUL SCHEMM, BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and KARL RITTERAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) – It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had prompted the opposition to walk…

HIGH POINT — When people hear the name “High Point,” typically they think of furniture. Everywhere you walk in downtown, there’s a furniture store. Scott Tilley, chairman of Business High Point Inc., says the city has more to offer than…

Posted Oct. 9, 2015 at 2:44 PM Updated at 2:47 PM

If tourism is the heart of the Florida economy, then beaches are the bloodlines. “I love it,” said Mike Wadsley, visiting Sanibel from Nebraska.  “I could live down here in a heartbeat.” USING OUR APP? WATCH VIDEO HERE. Not everyone…

On your visit to the ancient city of Yerevan, Armenia, you can stroll along the banks of the Hrazdan River, visit the historical Yerevan Circus, and go shopping on car-free Northern Avenue. Oh, and you can get an early pregnancy…

The NC Arts Council sponsors the fellowship grant.(Photo: Courtesy photo) The North Carolina Arts Council will accept applications for the 2015-16 Artist Fellowship awards for choreographers and craft, film, and visual artists until Nov. 2. The Artist Fellowship program, now…

At a meeting Wednesday in Wilmington, the N.C. Renewable Energy Task Force heard plans to open three areas to wind energy production: two of them off Brunswick County and one near Kitty Hawk. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has…

(CNN)The phone calls wouldn’t stop. The man on the other end of the line made promises of a big payoff: millions of dollars in prize money. But first the IRS needed $1,500 in taxes, he insisted, then the jackpot would…

It could take until the weekend for the threat of flooding to ease in storm-tattered South Carolina, where a senator warned of a potential billion-dollar cleanup bill, two more people died in the floodwaters and the flagship university sent a…