For the first time in 54 years, the Cuban flag flew last week above the country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. The move signaled the latest, and most visible, step toward normal ties between the United States and Cuba. “A year…

Email–> Print–> QR Favorite Font Size: DANBURY — The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region announced this week eight grant awards totaling $237,500 from the RiverBank Fund, including a $500 grant to the Stokes County Arts Council in support…

Corn mazes and pumpkin patches provide additional revenue and interest on farms across West Virginia when harvest time has long past. But other agri-tourism opportunities exist, as a group of West Virginia producers found out during a four month class…

Lisa Smith is passionate about food, especially local food. It’s a passion that serves her well as development manager for the Neighborhood Co-op Grocery in Carbondale. Smith and her husband Rick have had a home in Mitchell County, North Carolina,…

Jeff Jeffrey Staff Writer Triangle Business Journal Sponsor Listing Enlarge JOHN WEST Wake County’s hotel occupancy rate was ahead of the state and national average in June. June proved to be another strong month for tourism in Wake County. The…

Samantha Cole, a spokeswoman for the N.C. Attorney General’s Office, says the N.C. Department of Justice has not received any complaints from consumers regarding resort fees. But she says the department’s Consumer Protection Division is always concerned if undisclosed or…

Do you know the Muffler Man? Perhaps you do, but if you haven’t been properly acquainted, please, allow us. During the car-crazy 1960s, an era when roadside advertising involved dinosaurs and various forms of three-dimensional razzle-dazzle, businesses would do pretty…

Corn mazes and pumpkin patches provide additional revenue and interest on farms across West Virginia when harvest time has long past. But other agri-tourism opportunities exist, as a group of West Virginia producers found out during a four month class…

Corn mazes and pumpkin patches provide additional revenue and interest on farms across West Virginia when harvest time has long past. But other agri-tourism opportunities exist, as a group of West Virginia producers found out during a four month class…

By: James BuecheleJuly 23, 2015 TALLAHASSEE — A Florida watchdog group says for every 85 people that visit the state, 1 job is created. That’s important, because just last year, 97 million people visited the sunshine state as tourists. This…