Many North Carolina counties are seeing steady drops in their unemployment rates, while a fifth of the counties saw unemployment rates climb in November from the prior month, according to county-level jobs numbers released by the N.C. Commerce Department’s Labor…

Local News Restoration of old Manatee County courtroom slated to begin Monday

UF coach Billy Donovan returned from the holidays on Friday to sight he has not seen all season. For the first time since the Gators began practicing in October the team’s 11 scholarship players and senior walk-on Jacob Kurtz all…

South Carolina won’t have to wait much longer to learn if it’s won the recruiting battle for junior quarterback Brandon McIlwain of Newtown, Pa. McIlwain said he has made his decision and will announce it on Wednesday. McIlwain’s final four…

Local/State New NC laws affect movies, firemen and revenues

Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 6:00 am Tourism: How do we attract visitors? In practically every conversation about diversifying our economy here in West Virginia, tourism has a prominent place in the list of options that we should pursue. And…

The Nature Conservancy parn Grass of Parnassus, found on the Bluff Mountain Preserve, is a rare plant; this is some of its best habitat. Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014 5:00 pm Editorial: Land preservation: Nature Conservancy logs another win Journal…

South Carolina remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s poll for the sixth straight week while Seton Hall entered the poll for the first time in nearly 20 years. With most teams taking a break for the holidays including…

Asheville tourism officials say business was booming this year, and developers are continuing to add hotel rooms. The Citizen-Times in Asheville (http://avlne.ws/13B6FpK ) reports that for the year, hotel-occupancy rates through November stood at 69 percent, several percentage points higher…