Foothills Parkway awards contract for third bridge
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
... has been awarded for the third of 10 bridges needed to span Caylor Gap in a key section of the Foothills Parkway project bordering the Great Smoky Mountains. ...

Nesting pair of falcons gives us optimism for these magnificent ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... species that have been eradicated from an area are successful; others aren't. The reintroduction of elk in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is still ...

Synchronous fireflies in Smokies drawing crowds of thousands
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
... popular. A spokesman for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park says some late-arriving visitors may be turned away this weekend. ...

EPA issues new rules to reduce smog
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... Great Smoky Mountains National Park air quality specialist Jim Renfro said the Smokies ``gained further protection with this finalized rule,'' but some ...

Decomposed body found at Asheville campsite
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- A decomposed body was found this morning at a campsite in Asheville and police are investigating the death. The body ...

Two minor sports leagues express interest in Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Like clowns falling out of a Volkswagen, there seems to be an unending supply of minor-league pro sports teams interested in playing in Asheville ...

Asheville man sentenced in computer fraud case
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- An Asheville man who authorities say sold computers over the Internet but failed to deliver them was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and ...

Formula One champ takes in US sights
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... Indy. "We just came from a tour with the bikes from Asheville up to Indianapolis, and we stayed in this Blue Ridge Parkway area. ...

Births do not rise during full moon: study
Reuters - USA
... Dr. Jill M. Arliss, of Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, North Carolina, did not find any connection between the lunar cycle and births in a ...

Asheville out of SPHL next season
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
Dr. Richard Hoodenpyle, who is managing partner and part owner of the Asheville Aces, said the team voluntarily suspended operations for the 2005-06 season ...

Out of Africa (and Asheville)
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... people who survived the all-star jam festival Bonnaroo last weekend in Tennessee, then maybe you were also one of a lucky sum that caught Asheville's Toubab ...

JOHN LENNON
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson,SC,USA
... " "Dakota Days," "Karuizawa Series" and "ai: Japan Through John Lennon's Eyes." Prints from each of these series are on display in Asheville, NC. ...

Cozy Cabins Offer Creature Comforts In The Great Outdoors Of ...
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USA
For visitors traveling to Garrett County in Western Maryland this summer, the cabins at Herrington Manor and New Germany State Parks offer 31 full service ...

Dennis Anderson: Solitude is harder to find
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
... Today, cabins of the old style -- made of log, field stone and aged knotty pine -- have on many lakes given way to sprawling structures that nod to the past ...

Wild Trout With A Bamboo Angle
Greeneville Sun - Greeneville,TN,USA
... will never be forgotten. Byrd is a rodsmith, outdoor personality, and host of the Blueridge Outdoors radio show. The place for my ...

Vacationers have right to expect safe rides
Henderson Daily Dispatch - Henderson,NC,USA
... Thankfully in North Carolina, both traveling carnivals and parks like Paramount's Carowinds are ... go-karts and water slides to "inflatable rentals" and amusement ...

Kidder Township backs 144-unit housing development
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
... Supervisors on Thursday voted 4-0, with Larry Polansky absent, to approve plans for the Mid Lake II development by Blue Ridge Real Estate, the township's most ...

Finding a bigger home
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA
NEW LONDON - From Linkhorne Middle School's auditorium to what used to be a supermarket on Old Forest Road, the Blue Ridge Community Church has called ...

Massage therapistfined by board
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... She may be reached at (404) 562-3100, ext. 654. The contract has been awarded to Kenneth Kear, owner of Smoky Mountain Stables at Gatlinburg. ...

Maybin ends prep career with area's top honor
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... Rosman sophomore utility player Alex McMahan -- All-Smoky Mountain Conference selection batted .463 with team-highs in hits (31) and home runs (five). ...

THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Flint Journal - Flint,MI,USA
... Schedule: Tuesday, "Bermuda;" June 28, "Williamsburg & The Biltmore Estate;" July 5, "Zimbabwe, Botswana & Zambia;" July 12, "Wonders of Norway;" July 19, "A ...

Graphic arts, photography intersect at exhibit
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... Although taken at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, "Country Basket" is reminiscent of her days photographing food for an Ocean County food concession. ...

Who's Manning? Pinehurst designer unsung
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
... named for Frederick Law Olmsted, the great 19th century New England landscaper who designed New York's Central Park, Asheville's Biltmore Estate and, according ...

Chasing Summer in Norway
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... the Den Norske Turistforening (the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association), which maintains hiking trails and an expansive network of mountain cabins open to ...

2 years after Aspen fire began, much of Mount Lemmon green again
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... wildland interface code for fire safety, most winterized and much larger than their predecessor cabins, Jones said ... People lost a lot up there on that mountain.".

Gore exceeds expectations
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
... Browne. Coming into the event, Gore was just hoping to earn enough money to replace items stolen from his car last Sunday in Ashville. ...

Alexander stirs up fuss to fight wind energy
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... federal subsidies for wind energy waste money and that the turbines clutter up scenic views such as the ones Alexander grew up near in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Throng of firefly enthusiasts `bug' Park officials
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
They haven't been loved quite to death, but Great Smoky Mountains National Park resources are reeling over the unprecedented popularity of the synchronous ...

To Savor the Park's Beauty, Get Out of Your Car
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... By comparison, more than nine million people last year visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an area not one-quarter the size of Yellowstone. ...

Asheville man sold computers he never delivered
Lexington Dispatch - Lexington,NC,USA
An Asheville man will spend 10 years in prison and must pay $1.8 million in restitution for defrauding computer buyers over the Internet. ...

Home Calendar
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Features 4,000-square-foot house in the timberland Arts and Crafts style, designed by Griffin Architects of Asheville and built by MWB Construction of Asheville ...

Parkway officials home in on visitor center site
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Blue Ridge Parkway officials say land at parkway headquarters is the preferred location for a new multi-million dollar center for the millions of ...

2 years after Aspen fire began, much of Mount Lemmon green again
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Before it was over on July 15, the fire had scorched 84,750 acres, destroyed more than 322 homes and cabins, mostly in Summerhaven, leaving only 129 intact ...

Cabin fever gives way to glasnost
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Cabin fever has touched the tour. Trying to buy a few miles last ... David McHugh had really been standing on. As I say, cabin fever.

In Seconds, a Routine Trip Became a Fight for Life
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... in a phone call with reporters yesterday, was a near disaster: The helicopter landed in the river, flipped over and began to sink - its cabin rushing full of ...

Machine mishap: operator taken into custody
Newindpress - Chennai,India
... occurred when Karnataka deputy chief minister S Siddaramaiah launched the work on upgrading the Mysore Bantawala Road and boarded the control cabin of the earth ...

Youth leader sentenced for molesting boys at camp
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
LEBANON - A church youth leader who confessed to molesting boys in a religious camp cabin was sentenced yesterday to spend from five to 20 years in state prison ...

Plane loses pressure on flight to Charlotte
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... anyone to the hospital. Christina Ulosevich, a US Airways spokeswoman, said Flight 1127 lost pressure in its cabin. She said the ...

Open-Sweet Carolina for guitarist Jacobsen
Reuters.uk - UK
PINEHURST, North Carolina, June 18 (Reuters) - A PGA Tour part-timer who has been plagued by injuries over the last 18 years, veteran American Peter Jacobsen ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
A US Airways plane lost pressure during flight Friday night making some passengers sick and sending paramedics, firefighters and police rushing to Charlotte ...

North Carolina's top news stories
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
RALEIGH, NC - Employers increased hiring for the fifth-straight month and North Carolina's unemployment rate in May fell to 5.1 percent, the state Employment ...

Two more football players choose North Carolina
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
North Carolina made two more strikes in its football recruiting year yesterday by reaching into the Washington metropolitan area to land its first high-school ...