I-26 accident backs up holiday traffic in Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - A wreck on Interstate 26 has backed up traffic, adding to the traffic pains of the holiday weekend. The wreck occurred ...

Early filers take advantage of start of political season
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Matthew Hebb either has the strategic mind of a politician or beginner's luck. Whichever it is, Hebb had the spotlight ...

Out There: Looking for something to do this holiday weekend?
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Asheville/Buncombe County: The Food Lion Fourth of July celebration, from noon to 10 pm, City-County Plaza. Fireworks at 10 pm. Weaverville ...

17 people face alcohol charges after teen's death
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Seventeen people face a total of 51 charges on alcohol violations stemming from a party attended by a Reynolds High School student killed while ...

Tourists End Bombers Splurge, 6-2
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
GREENVILLE, SC - A trio of Asheville pitchers, led by starter Ryan Mattheus, put the brakes on Greenville's recent torrid performance at the plate Friday night ...

Asheville kicks out the jams
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The green-faced Wicked Witch rode a bicycle past partiers standing in the Grove Arcade. Disco music blasted from the ...

Smoothing Sand at Wrightsville Beach
WECT - Wilmington,NC,USA
... Wrightsville Beach. Town employees smoothed out the sand cliffs at beach accesses from Stone Street to Asheville Street. A weather ...

Thrailkill among nation's best
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
While recent Rams graduate and first-round draft pick Cameron Maybin continues his contract negotiations with the Detroit Tigers, rising senior Josh Thrailkill ...

Air NZ long haul cabin crew set to strike
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
Air New Zealand long haul cabin crew are set to strike for three days this month, possibly affecting international flights. The ...

Cabin fever
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Each cabin is furnished and decorated by Scott's wife, Sharon Scott, and Williams' wife, Charlotte Williams, with traditional but contemporary furnishings. ...

Cabin Pressure Loss Turns PDX-Bound Flight Around
KOIN.com - Portland,OR,USA
... flight from Cincinnati was forced to return to the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport after the captain was unable to maintain cabin pressure. ...

Plane Makes Landing After Losing Cabin Pressure
Channel Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA
CINCINNATI -- Emergency crews were at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Friday afternoon when a plane lost cabin pressure, News 5's ...

Businesses back after 'Aspen' fire
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... the area. The 1949 cabin that served as Fagan's home and gift shop was among nearly 350 structures that were turned to ash. "The ...

PRINCE WILLIAM IN BOMB SCARE
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
... flight. Cabin crew wrapped the suspicious phone in pillows and blankets to try and minimise the effects of a possible explosion. ...

Emergency Crews Called To CVG Airport
WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... feeling ill. The Delta jet apparently lost cabin pressure and there are reports of extremely hot temperatures inside the plane. Units ...

Event aims to foster global ties
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... a Fourth of July cookout and fireworks on Monday, clogging and dinner at Taylor Ranch on Wednesday and a closing reception on the Biltmore Estate on Friday. ...

Park should get to keep all its generated fees
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... law. For the last seven years Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been able to keep all of the user fees it generates. Because ...

Girl falls 30 feet in Park
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS - A 4-year-old Indiana girl was airlifted to The University of Tennessee Medical Center Thursday evening after falling 30 feet from an ...

Tenthouse Suite
Outside Online - San Francisco,CA,USA
... while anxiously awaiting my visit to the Chattooga River Resort, a combo lodge, restaurant, and campground in South Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains, near the ...

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... DEEP CREEK TRAIL HIKE: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be offering a guided ranger hike on the Deep Creek Trail near Bryson City at 10 am July 24. ...

Heritage Area designation would preserve culture
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... National Heritage Area. Smoky Mountains Convention and Visitors Bureau sponsored the meeting of officials and citizens. Darrell Akins ...

Teenager dies after party; 17 face charges
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Seventeen people face a total 51 charges on alcohol violations stemming from a party attended by a high school student killed while driving drunk ...

Fourth revelers in North Carolina seeking out bang for illegal ...
Greenville Daily Reflector - Greenville,NC,USA
... North Carolina law forbids the sale and possession of fireworks that explode or shoot higher than 10 feet, allowing only supposedly safer items like sparklers ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Files Suit Over ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... A spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said there was more than that to the suit, which was filed Friday in Wake County Superior Court. ...

Plan makes emergency landing after cabin pressure loss
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
Five people aboard a plane that lost cabin pressure were treated for minor injuries after an emergency landing at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International ...

Passengers smell a rat on China flight
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India
... was scheduled to leave at 4 am on Friday, but finally left 24 hours later at 3.30 am today, after passengers complained of a mouse in the cabin area," said ...

Wyoming guide
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
... Once he heard retired game warden Sonny Reesy and his wife, Alta, tell the story about building a tiny log patrol cabin in the middle of nowhere back in 1955 ...

Ladera Resort opens up a world of natural beauty
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... Lucian roasted blue marlin on a grilled pumpkin and plantain ... suite, off-season) to $890 per night (luxury villa, high ... the location way up on the ridge and the ...

Two men rob Lahmeyer Road bank
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... Grand Prix, police said. The car was found a short time later in the 3600 block of Blueridge Lane, police said. On April 12, two ...

OSS TROTTERS HEAD FOR MOHAWK
Harnesslink - New Zealand
Four divisions of young trotters will vie for a total of $109,324 and trainer Scott McEneny hopes Blueridge Yankee can mind her manners and earn a share of the ...

Two men rob Lahmeyer Road bank
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... Grand Prix, police said. The car was found a short time later in the 3600 block of Blueridge Lane, police said. On April 12, two ...

OSS TROTTERS HEAD FOR MOHAWK
Harnesslink - New Zealand
Four divisions of young trotters will vie for a total of $109,324 and trainer Scott McEneny hopes Blueridge Yankee can mind her manners and earn a share of the ...

Minor flooding reported in Western North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Minor flooding was reported in parts of Western North Carolina this morning as much of the region remained under a flood warning issued by the ...

Grove Park Inn gives up on downtown, for now
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- The Grove Park Inn will not build a large mixed-use development that might have contained as much as 1 million square feet of space on the south ...

Handmade String Doll Gang™ Characters Beat Mass Produced ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Asheville, NC (PRWEB) July 7, 2005 -- Standing 2 to 3 inches tall and handmade using just one continuous piece of string, the 16 members of The String Doll Gang ...

Companies vie to help St. Jude
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... The inaugural US Challenge is scheduled for Oct. 27-30 in Asheville, NC. Organizers want 50 teams, ranging from smaller to larger businesses. ...

Injured baby's parents sought
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Buncombe County Sheriff's detectives took out two warrants Wednesday for the parents of an injured 7-week-old Arden girl on life support. ...

Tracy Press
Tracy Press - Tracy,CA,USA
... two new stork signs, provided by The Stork Lady, a North Carolina business that ... Already, however, she has seen the popularity of sign rentals for new babies ...

Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens, Again
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
Winston-Salem, NC -- An eleven-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell has reopened just in time for the summer season's second holiday ...

Section of Blue Ridge Parkway reopens _ again
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
An 11-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell has reopened just in time for the summer season's second holiday weekend. ...

Red, white, blue and 278 that's a patriotic car
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Kerr built cars for his father that later became known as the Stinger chassis. Kerr was the father of Tommy Kerr that races at Smoky Mountain Speedway. ... ...

Toward Car-Less National Parks
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... Herb Handly,executive vice president of the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau, was a shuttle skeptic before he visited Zion. ...

World of Outlaws Late Model "Dirty Dozen" at Stateline ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
... Other Stateline regulars that qualified at Ransomville were Dave Hess Jr., Waterford Pa, Miles Stitzinger, Warren Pa, Dick Barton, Ashville NY, David Scott ...

Watch out Red Bull, there's something in the woods!
Macleans - Toronto,ON,Canada
... corner of France, but the Red Bull Racing crew got areal surprise when they found their lodgings for this weekend: they're staying in Log Cabins around a lake! ...