First Posted: 9:00 pm – August 10th, 2015 – Views  Email Print QR Favorite   The second annual “The Coolest Corner” Tourism Expo, sponsored by the Ashe County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Development Committee will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1,…

The Senate voted 36-12 Monday night to approve an economic development bill that features new money for jobs incentives and a controversial plan that changes how sales taxes are distributed. The bill softens the impact of earlier proposals on the…

If you’re looking for a luxury libation, come to North Carolina. The craft beer business is thriving in the state, adding new breweries and brewpubs every year, as North Carolina’s wine industry continues to grow. The state’s wine and grape…

hamlin Hamlin Posted: Sunday, August 9, 2015 8:30 pm Editorial: A black theatre museum: Keeping the magic on between festivals Journal editorial board Winston-Salem Journal Another fine National Black Theatre Festival has come and gone, but an associated effort promises…

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Baiting hooks with pieces of shrimp and casting them out into the wind and waves, Ashlie Scott Newbie and Payton Lane knew a shark could nibble their lines at any time. But they weren’t too concerned. After all, they had…

Monitoring 18 loggerhead sea turtle nests in the heart of the busy summer beach season is quite a chore for Linda Mataya and other members of the North Myrtle Beach Sea Turtle Patrol. Mataya and Rob Kayton are co-leaders of…

Betty Teer cuts a pie at Mrs. Wick’s Pies restaurant in Winchester.(Photo: The (Muncie) Star Press file) How sweet is it to be a Hoosier? At least as sweet as 1 million pies, because that’s how many pies one local…

By Lee Tolliver The Virginian-Pilot© August 9, 2015 With all the talk this summer about sharks – sightings and attacks – Ken Neill wasn’t going to be surprised by seeing a shark while fishing for marlin along the Norfolk Canyon.…

Senate Republican leaders rolled out what they said was a major compromise Thursday to address jobs incentives and a controversial plan that would change how sales tax revenues are distributed among the state’s counties. The new Senate economic development bill…