Final day for film fest The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival concludes, at Carmike Cinemas’ Broadway 17, at Broadway at the Beach, off Robert M. Grissom Parkway, between 21st and 29th avenues North in Myrtle Beach (445-1616). $10 per two-hour…

Among the chief rewards for wildlife gardeners is seeing the fruits of our labor: butterflies flocking around flowers in the morning or hummingbirds at the feeder in the afternoon. For Cary’s Kathy Martin, that treat comes just before dark, when…

From a National Park Service press release: National Park tourism in North Carolina creates $1.5 billion in economic benefit New report shows visitor spending supports over 18,520  jobs in North Carolina Atlanta – A new National Park Service (NPS) report…

For Greene County News DAYTON — The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is calling on Connecticut lawmakers to restore their support for the Wright brothers after a major publisher backed off its claim that Connecticut resident Gustave Whitehead flew first.…

While neighboring Mecklenburg County was first in the state to reach a population of 1 million people, Cabarrus County is experiencing its own population boom. The county’s population grew from 187,661 in 2013 to 192,103 in 2014, according to U.S.…

Syracuse, N.Y. – Within the past week, Syracuse basketball coaches have offered scholarships to three talented teenagers who play high school basketball in the Atlanta area. All are either rising stars or established players who have already elicited recruiting interest…

Syracuse, N.Y. — On Saturday at 3 p.m., four-star SouthLake Christian (Huntersville, N.C.) Academy running back Robert Washington will announce his verbal commitment to one of six schools: Syracuse, Alabama, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina or TCU. For Syracuse, his pledge…

It’s a realization that spurred the chamber to launch the Blue Ridge Breakaway — a bicycle ride with routes topping 100 miles and taking in views from the Blue Ridge Parkway — in 2009. Since then, the ride has attracted…

The Marshall Tucker Band will join the lineup of acts performing at the Carolina Country Music Fest being held in Myrtle Beach in June. Event organizers on Wednesday announced the addition of the band, whose members are from Spartanburg, as…

Posted Apr. 20, 2015 at 10:26 AM