A look at the first floor of 21 S. Front St. in downtown Wilmington on Friday morning helped provide a current example of what developers and preservationists have said for decades – that embarking on a project to rehabilitate an…

By ASTRID GALVANAssociated Press ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) – For over a decade, armed drug traffickers were so prevalent in this vast desert monument that visitors were barred from entering more than half of it. One law…

No crime figures are available just for Organ Pipe, but the Tucson sector — which comprises nearly all the Arizona border with Mexico, including the park — has seen a significant drop in activity in recent years. The sector made…

Buy Photo Zebulon Vance remains one of North Carolina’s most noteworthy politicians. Vance, who was born in 1830, was also a slave owner. During his nearly 40 years of leadership, the statesmen never publicly denounced the practice.(Photo: Special to Citizen-Times)Buy…

Visiting overnight from Swain County High School, in the western part of the state in Bryson City, 11 students in Dora May’s Intermediate and Advanced Visual Arts class tour the grounds of the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C.…

Discovery Place underwent extensive renovations that were completed in 2010. Jennifer Thomas Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal Email  |  Twitter  |  Google+ Discovery Place Inc. ranks as the most-visited museum and historic attraction in the Charlotte region for the fifth…

RALEIGH, N.C., March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — St. Patrick’s Day holds special significance for Celtic Complexion, the only skin care and cosmetics company with products formulated exclusively for Celtic skin types – not only is the day a major Irish…

Marshall, 51, filed the Chapter 7 bankruptcy last month in federal bankruptcy court in Denver, citing $3.9 million in debts stemming from his developments. In the filing, he declares that he has $265,000 in assets, most of it from a…

A recommendation from Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration to keep offshore wind farms at least 24 nautical miles away from the coast would strike a death knell for wind energy here, wind advocates say. The buffer requested by the N.C. Department…

CARY, N.C., March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Yes! Solar Solutions has partnered with Dividend Solar to offer the $0-down EmpowerLoan™ in North Carolina for the first time. The full-service solar loan includes energy production guarantees, warranty management, hassle-free maintenance and…