Todd Weatherly takes a picture of the panoramic view from the top of Craggy Pinnacle looking south toward Asheville and the North Fork Reservoir last year. According to a recent study by Western Carolina University, tourism is predicted to climb…

Ömer Faruk Yetiştirici was hardly born with a lacrosse stick in his hand. In Istanbul, his hometown, his preferred sport was wrestling. Yetistirici said everything changed a couple of years ago, when he settled in one night to watch a…

The N.C. Senate took a final 37-13 vote on the state budget compromise Wednesday, leaving two House votes and Gov. Pat McCrory’s signature as the remaining hurdles for the spending plan. The $21.74 billion budget’s passage was expected after an…

Peer through the window of a former auto mechanic’s shop on Washington Street near downtown Durham, and you may be surprised by what you see. A large, gleaming, customized copper still dominates the room. Beside it sits a smaller glass…

Riders board the an Amtrak train at the Greenville Amtrak Station early on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.(Photo: MYKAL McELDOWNEY/Staff) A rail map of South Carolina shows the state criss-crossed in nearly every direction by active railroad lines — some short,…

Posted Sep. 16, 2015 at 7:00 AM

RALEIGH, N.C. –-The National Folk Festival is a big deal for the Piedmont Triad. Not only are thousands of people traveling to Greensboro to attend the event, but those people will also stay in the area and visit local stores…

Sweet Treat for Tourism From left at last week’s Southeast Tourism Society’s Shining Example Awards are Florence-Lauderdale Tourism employees, Suzie Shoemaker, Alison Stanfield, Debbie Wilson (former director), Georgia Turner, and Chuck Bonelli, Southeast Tourism’s VP of Marketing.  Not pictured are…

| Published 8 hours ago TO THE EDITOR: Thank you N.C. House Rep. Paul Tine, for taking a stand against the dangerous drilling proposition set forth for the North Carolina coast within the next few years. Not only would this…

The estate of a late real estate developer and big-time College of Charleston benefactor has handed off the keys to four 1930s-era classic automobiles to an Indiana car museum. Making the gift that more special, all were built by the…