It is in the national interest to look for oil and gas off the coast of South Carolina and nearby states, but federal officials who will decide whether to approve drilling aren’t close to a final decision, the director of…

North Carolina’s Fayetteville Area Convention Visitors Bureau (FACVB) recently added two staff members. Jessica Bennett, the new tourism sales manager, secures and services group tour, family reunion and wedding  business for Cumberland County. A Fayetteville native, Jessica has worked as…

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 Purchase Photos From left, Scotland County Tourism Development Authority chairman Nick Sojka and Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina representatives Wit Tuttell and Andre Nabors recognized Laurinbur’s g as a Certified N.C. Retirement Community on Friday at the John Blue…

Posted: Sunday, November 1, 2015 12:00 am Sharon Valentine: Work together to draw tourists By Sharon Valentine The revamped Economic Development Alliance and reorganized Greater Fayetteville Chamber have a terrific opportunity to partner with elected officials on a long-overlooked and…

Asian Americans will grow to nearly 12 percent of the U.S. population by 2060 — from today’s 6.3 percent — as the country’s non-Hispanic white population dips to less than 44 percent, according to projections by the U.S. Census Bureau.…

Posted: Monday, November 2, 2015 2:15 am Our view: What Roanoke’s craft breweries would like Deschutes to know Usually when we write an editorial, we write it with a broad audience in mind. Today, though, there’s really just one reader…

Email Print Comments Usually the hype machine points toward February and the Super Bowl when two runaway division leaders meet. Yet when the Packers visit the Broncos, both 6-0, on Sunday night, there’s not much Super Bowl preview talk. For…

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