Just last week in Wilmington, Secretary van der Vaart spoke to coastal residents and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, officials about the potential North Carolina’s abundant offshore wind resources present. He emphasized the importance of balancing energy development…

Login / Register OR No Account? Register here. Sponsored by Jackson County, North Carolina Escape to a different elevation in Jackson County, North Carolina September 29, 2015Kelundra SmithComments Glimmering lakes, water sports, artisan crafts, outdoor activities, and breathtaking mountain views…

  International travelers have developed a growing appetite for midstate destinations, yet collaborative regional marketing efforts to build momentum overseas have never really been undertaken. Now, a national initiative called Brand USA is spurring coordination between the state tourism office…

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area sign at CoMMA CoMMA staff Amber Austin (left) in marketing and Tony Bova production manager stand with Linda Giltz sign installation coordinator. Sign placed at CoMMA Sign installers work to position a new sign at…

Hilton Head Island actually had a double dose of luck when catastrophic storms pummeled the state earlier this month. Not only did the heaviest rain, storm surges and flooding largely miss the island, but the damage to its beaches is…

KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) – Pope Francis is back in Vatican City with a bowl made right here in Eastern North Carolina. It’s one of three made at Lenox China Factory in Kinston. The second bowl is in France and the…

Mark Clasby admits it can be hard to forget the ones that got way. For the past 12 years, the executive director of the Haywood County Economic Development Coalition has been working to bring economic development to Haywood County. Yet,…

Email–> Print–> QR Favorite When I moved to North Carolina to help start up and become the winemaker for RagApple Lassie Vineyards, there were only 18 to 20 wineries in the whole state, with four being in the Yadkin Valley.…

Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Oregon, continues to look for an eastern expansion site and the Carolinas are high on its radar.(Photo: (Photo: Courtesty Deschutes Breery)) The Carolinas remain high on the radar for Deschutes brewery in considering its planned new…

The latest on the hospitalization of Lamar Odom, who was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel (all times local): 6:55 p.m. A Nevada brothel is providing details of Lamar Odom’s days-long visit that ended when he was found unconscious there.…