Credit: NC Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development BILTMORE HOUSE Biltmore House, Asheville N.C. Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 10:15 am | Updated: 12:04 pm, Thu May 7, 2015. Tourism generates $21.3B for N.C. (VIDEO) Richard Craver Winston-Salem Journal…

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GREENSBORO—2014 proved to be a banner year for North Carolina’s tourism industry. A newly-released report from the state’s Department of Commerce shows domestic tourists spent $21.3 billion in-state last year, a record high and 5.4 percent increase over 2013. “We’re…

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The much-anticipated Powell River Regatta drew some 57 eager kayakers and canoeists from Tennessee and other parts of the country and they could not have had better weather for the 12-mile long excursion down the pristine waterway on Saturday. The…

Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: May 1 The Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, on a meltdown in Baltimore: All hell broke loose in Baltimore, Maryland, this past week following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. The protest Monday was…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Nearly 50 million people who visited North Carolina spent a record amount of money in the state last year. A statement released Wednesday by Gov. Pat McCrory says tourists spent $21.3 billion in 2014. That is a…

Syracuse, N.Y. — Tyus Battle, one of the highest-rated players in the Class of 2016, will take an official visit to Syracuse University on May 22-24. Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog.com first reported the news. Battle’s father, Gary, has confirmed the…

Presidential Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton called for comprehensive immigration reform Tuesday at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, saying it’s necessary to keep families from pulling apart. “We can’t wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship,”…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s been 11 years since North Carolina lawmakers told public schools when the school year could open and close. But local school boards remain unwilling to dismiss their insistence that they…