I’ve known Bill Siegel for a long time.  He and his firm Longwoods International have been tracking the performance of the advertising campaigns of countries, states and cities for over 25 years.  So when he called me up and said, “Can…

ATLANTIC CITY —Five years after the federal government removed New Jersey from a plan for drilling for oil and natural gas off the Atlantic coast, Garden State residents found themselves on Wednesday again fighting against the drilling plan. The federal…

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Visit North Carolina, part of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, will offer its community-based training program designed to help tourism-related businesses in Yadkinville and the surrounding area. The Tourism Resource Assistance Center (TRAC) session will be at the…

Kevin Triplett (source: State of Tennessee) NASHVILLE (WATE) – The newest addition to Gov. Bill Haslam’s cabinet is Kevin Triplett, who will serve as commissioner of the Department of Tourist Development. Triplett, 49, is vice president of public affairs for…

Posted: Monday, March 16, 2015 6:30 am | Updated: 7:04 am, Mon Mar 16, 2015. Another public meeting on offshore drilling on North Carolina coast KILL DEVIL HILLS (AP) – The federal government has added another meeting to gather comment…

Local News Giving help, getting help in the Midlands, March 17

The report, prepared by Arnett Muldrow Associates in Greenville, shows that tourism spending in Spartanburg County exceeded $205.8 million in 2013-14, resulting in an economic impact of nearly $228 million — a 34 percent increase over the past five years.…

No offense intended to anyone celebrating their Irish heritage, but some of the international spotlight in South Carolina will shift to the state’s French connections early this week. The reason is purely diplomatic: Gerard Araud, the new ambassador of France…

It’s going to be a hopping, slithering, slinking kind of day on March 14 at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh when the 21st annual Reptile and Amphibian Day kicks off at 9 a.m. The N.C. Wildlife…