Johnny K-9 held in double slaying
SLAM! Sports - ON,Canada
... the match to some superstar. He also worked in Jim Cornette's Smokey Mountain Wrestling as Bruiser Bedlam. But away from the ring ...

Tickets for Diverse City Theater's 'The Female Heart' Now on Sale ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
Set in the late 1980's, "The Female Heart" tells the story of two siblings -- Anghel and Adelfa -- living in "Smokey Mountain," the infamous mountain of ...

Tickets for Diverse City Theater's 'The Female Heart' Now on Sale ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... 12 - 13 at 3PM Set in the late 1980's, "The Female Heart" tells the story of two siblings -- Anghel and Adelfa -- living in "Smokey Mountain," the infamous ...

Calendar and Events
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... 29: Tony Rice Unit; Mountain Heart; 8 pm; $22-$25 ... SMOKEY JOE'S: 510 Briar Creek Road; open mike with Jamie & Thomas Mondays; open jam with Static Tuesdays; live ...

Best Bets - Jan. 07
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
... Smokey Robinson will appear at the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel at 8 pm ... Gunn, Tammy Miller, Brad Groves, Jacob Hatfield, Sarah Embry, Pleasant Mountain Boys, Roy ...

Big Name Band Here - Marshall Tucker Band Comes to Winchester ...
Winchester Herald Chronicle - Winchester,TN,USA
... hit singles like "Heard It In a Love Song," "Fire On The Mountain," "Can't You ... music has also been featured on the soundtracks of movies such as Smokey and the ...

'Bunso' affirms Carolino's reputation as top docu filmmaker
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Makati City,Philippines
... in the early '90s, when we judged a CCP short film and video competition in which one of her first documentaries, about children in Smokey Mountain, was one of ...

Friday's horse racing entries
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... 120; 7 Phenomenal Knight (Miranda) 120; 8 Romeo Tango (Rodriguez) 120; 9 Mountain Minister (Miranda ... race 6 fur 4YO & up F & M Mdn Clm: 1 Smokey Lady (Gonzalez ...

Forest congress to seek plan for sharing
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... and endangered-species protection, the centennial forum has moved beyond Smokey Bear and ... The Rocky Mountain forum in November focused on the shift in emphasis ...

Effervescent Dolly Parton wows crowd in Everett
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... as "Jolene," "Here You Come Again" and "Two Doors Doors," as well as the autobiographical tunes "Coat of Many Colors" and "Smokey Mountain Memories." Parton ...

Artificial reefs reel in tourists
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... County and Brunswick County, NC Horry County's coast has only a few artificial reefs, primary because there are fewer inlet accesses for fishing and dive boats ...

Get Lit addstoitsleadinSailfishDerby
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... seven it released Thursday and extended its lead in the West Palm Beach Fishing Club's 68th ... was second at 15-7, followed by David Williams of Maiden, NC, at 13 ...

Guice Leads Day Three At Lake Okeechobee
FishingWorld.com - Lindale,TX,USA
... "I'm fishing right outside ... five bass, 15 pounds, 7 ounces); David Williams of Maiden, NC (five bass, 13 pounds, 14 ounces); Sandy Melvin of Boca Grande, Fla. ...

Guice Leads Day Three at Lake Okeechobee
BassResource.com (press release) - USA
... "I'm fishing right outside weeds and grass with soft ... (five bass, 15 pounds, 7 ounces); David Williams of Maiden, NC (five bass, 13 pounds, 14 ounces ...

MISSIONS AND RELIEF AGENCY SENDS FOUNDER/CEO TO HELP DELIVER ...
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USA
/24-7PressRelease.com/ - GRAHAM, NC, January 8 ... We spent Monday morning along the devastated coastline of Mahabalipuram, India, visiting fishing villages and ...

NASCAR Autozone Elite Division, SE Series drivers reflect on ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
... with an old friend on a rare lucrative day of trout fishing before going ... invited to a scheduled three-day test session at North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway for ...

Florida fun: Beware of the spit quotient in Stitch's Great Escape
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Morgan: "Stitch showed up and spit on us!". Will: "The teleport chamber filled with mist, then Stitch appeared. He was amazingly expressive and interactive. ...

High school basketball roundup
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... HAYESVILLE - Maddison Amos led all scorers with 30 points, 11 in the first quarter, to lift Hayesville past Robbinsville in Big Smoky Mountain 1-A Conference ...

Rams squeeze past Mustangs
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... On Friday in a game of scoring runs by both teams, Roberson edged Smoky Mountain, 57-54, with a potential tying 3- pointer from Mustangs' sophomore sensation ...

WNC kids collect relief for Asian disaster victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... organized a stand to sell lemonade and cookies in the Biltmore Lake community. ... raise, up to $1,000, said Charlie Glazener, spokesman for Asheville City Schools ...

What Comes Next
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... that will take place around the new FedEx hub, North Carolina will likely ... Asheville, Wilmington and Charleston are cities that have been transformed by retirees ...

Let's find ways to help another group of WNC soldiers heading ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By Asheville Citizen-Times. ... More than half of the members of the unit are our friends, family and neighbors from here in Western North Carolina, like previous ...

Goodbye football, hello roundball
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... 3 North Carolina (12-1, 1-0), noon, ESPN - The Tar Heels are on a 12-game winning streak and playing as well as anyone in the country. ... North Carolina by 5. ...

WNC kids collect relief for Asian disaster victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... All across Western North Carolina, children are raising money for tsunami relief ... up to $1,000, said Charlie Glazener, spokesman for Asheville City Schools. ...

It ain't broke, and it doesn't need fixing
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Social Security had no money invested in Enron, although many states did, including our own North Carolina pension fund for state and local employees, which ...

Tar Heels' comfort level increases
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Junior Rashad McCants, an Asheville native, is averaging a "quiet" 16.6 points ... coincidence that the loss to Santa Clara - in which North Carolina looked lost ...

See `Troy,' Dance Or Look at Old Cars
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
"SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE ... stars The Lewis Family, Gold Wing Express, Nothin' Fancy, Gilbert Hancock, Tater Hill, Bits of Grass, Durwachter Family, Iron Mountain Boys. ...

No more closed cabins in Uttar Pradesh cyber cafes:
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[India News]: Lucknow, Jan 8 : The Uttar Pradesh government has banned closed cabins in Internet cafes following a spate of incidents involving transmission ...

Five injured in fired at Asheville businesses
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Five men were injured in fires at two businesses Friday and surprised officials said the injuries defied safety statistics. ...

Asheville Acquires Suitt
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
GREENVILLE, SC, January 8 -- The Asheville Altitude has acquired forward/center Cedric Suitt from the National Basketball Development League available player ...

Snakes strike Aces
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
BY KATHY GIERER. The Columbus Cottonmouths wrapped up a successful week with their third consecutive victory over the Asheville Aces. ...

Dazzle come alive late to nip Altitude
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Anytime a team is on the road, coaches will tell you that the objective is to keep the score as close as possible as late as possible. ...

Officers seek leads in hit-and-run
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The state Highway Patrol is seeking the public's help in finding the person who struck and seriously injured a man with a vehicle. ...

WNC kids collect relief for Asian disaster victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Kaitlin Floyd was playing with her Christmas toys on Dec. 26 when her grandfather called her over to the television ...

Anyone under 50 should fight for reform
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Loren Pinilis is a full scholarship recipient and recent magna cum laude graduate of UNC Asheville who is now beginning his entrepreneurial career. ...

Park Service continues search for center location
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The Blue Ridge Parkway is $3 million closer to a new destination center, but just where it will be built is still under review, according to the ...

State briefs for Jan. 8
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... The committee and subcommittees oversee functions that include East Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ...

Visitor Parking Fees Proposed At Ohio's State Parks
WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... Ohio already charges for extras including camping, lodge and cabin rentals and boat launching, which raise about $31 million of the parks' $67 million budget.

Housing Authority lawsuits add to recent legal woes for county
Oil City Derrick - Oil City,PA,USA
... 30 by Ray Beichner against the park authority and Parks Unlimited, charges the park's cabin rentals and the tree house project now under way pose unfair ...

Five injured in fired at Asheville businesses
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Five men were injured in fires at two businesses Friday and surprised officials said the injuries defied safety statistics. ...

Religion Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
TO SUBMIT: Send news at least two weeks in advance to Religion Calendar, c/o Erin Cox, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802, e-mail ECox ...

Carroll scores career high 30 points en route to victory
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
Asheville, NC, - Matt Carroll scored a career high 30 points as the Roanoke Dazzle slipped pass the Asheville Altitude, 112-104, Friday night at the Asheville ...

Carroll lifts Dazzle to win
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Matt Carroll was 10 of 15 from the field and scored 30 points as the Roanoke Dazzle pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 112-104 win over ...

Former NAACP president to speak at Lee/Jackson Dinner
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... HK Edgerton, a former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Poeple branch in Asheville, NC, says arguments that the Confederate ...

A labor of love
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
... current home on the land and use that as an interim home for a few years while they built the house of their ... "We took our honeymoon at the Biltmore Winery, so ...

No. 3 North Carolina 109, No. 22 Maryland 75
CBS Sportsline (subscription) - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) For the previous six games, third-ranked North Carolina hammered the opposition expecting that the Atlantic Coast Conference season would ...

NCAA Game Summary - Maryland at North Carolina
The Washington Evening Journal - IA,USA
Marvin Williams and Raymond Felton each contributed 12 points for North Carolina, which produced its highest scoring output ever against the Terrapins. ...

No. 3 North Carolina 109, No. 22 Maryland 75
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
For the previous six games, third-ranked North Carolina hammered the opposition expecting that the Atlantic Coast Conference season would be more demanding. ...

Business North Carolina Magazine Names 25 Kennedy Covington ...
The Lincoln Tribune - USA
CHARLOTTE -- Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP is pleased to announce that 25 of its attorneys have been named to Business North Carolina magazine's ...

FORMER SMOKY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING REGULAR ARRESTED FOR DOUBLE MURDER ...
PWinsider (press release) - USA
Former Smoky Mountain Wrestling regular and WWF enhancement talent Johnny Croitoru was arrested today in Hamilton, Ontario Canada in the connection of the ...

Canada Wrestler (Former WWE Jobber) Johnny 'K-9' Croitoru Arrested ...
Wrestling-News.com - Howard Beach,NY,USA
... Croitoru, wrestled 15+ years for promotions including WWF, Smoky Mountain, Stampede, FMW, ICW, and New Japan just to name a few. ...

Calendar and Events
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Jan. 29: Tony Rice Unit; Mountain Heart; 8 pm; $22-$25 ... THE PIANO BAR AT SMOKY'S GRILL: 2200 Rexford Road (Park Hotel); Francis C. Nazzaro, the Sinatra Experience ...

Harris Lake's Late-Season Ducks
North Carolina Game and Fish Magazine - NC,USA
... learn to distinguish between bass boats full of anglers with fishing rods and ... the lake, including bridge overpasses and at the two lake NC Wildlife Commission ...

Savannah River Linesides
Georgia Sportsman Magazine - GA,USA
... For Elberton resident Jimmy Warrick and his friend Ryan Faulkenberry of Star, NC, it seemed like the perfect day for fishing northeast Georgia's Clarks Hill ...

Barge added to artificial reef
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... Grant extension agent, who died in January 2003 aboard a research vessel off Morehead City, NC. ... It provides greater recreational fishing and diving opportunities ...

Dolphin measure gets criticism at hearing
Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville,NC,USA
... federal authorities this week at a public hearing on proposed fishing rules that ... do sometimes catch bottlenose dolphin, said Red Munden of the NC Division of ...

State's game laws tame compared to some
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
When the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) hosts one of their annual public ... in New Bern, proposed changes to the state's hunting, fishing and trapping ...

Asheville-Based Reserve Unit To Deploy To Iraq
Carolina Channel.com - Greenville,SC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC -- More than 100 soldiers in an Asheville-based unit of reservists will deploy overseas next month. The commander ...

Snakes ace Asheville
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Orrin Hergott and Ryan Haggarty both scored a pair of goals to lead the Columbus Cottonmouths past the Asheville Aces 6-2 on Thursday night. ...

Producer looking for fans who saw Elvis in 1955 Asheville shows
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Does anyone still remember when Elvis played Asheville back in 1955? ... "He wasn't big enough to go in alone in Asheville," Jorgensen said. ...

Aces misfire against Cottonmouths
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The player changes that the Asheville Aces made earlier this week panned out exactly the way head coach and general manager Jeff Brubaker had hoped ...

$77,000 raised for relief effort
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
And with that in mind, he walked up with his sister and mother Thursday afternoon to donate money at the River Ridge Market Place in east Asheville. ...

Are you ready for some Rootball?
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... open Rootbar No. 2 somewhere downtown. Asheville resident Heather Moss knows firsthand how addictive the game can be. "It puts a ...

No. 2 Kansas to Take on No. 8 Kentucky in Men's Basketball
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... 1. Kentucky - 1,886 wins; 2. North Carolina - 1,839 wins ... Against South Carolina, Langford became the 16th player in ... The Asheville, NC, forward is shooting 58.5 ...

CRAFTED BY THE HILLS
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... Then, as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, he worked as a photographer for the college newspaper and yearbook. ...

Problem that sent 911 call to SC fixed, Verizon says
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... in Oconee County, SC, and then to Jackson County in Western North Carolina. Finally, the Jackson County dispatcher gave Hillman the number for Asheville police ...

'Everybody wanted to play for him'
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Senior Babe Ruth League Baseball in Western North Carolina. ... 42, both starred at North Buncombe High ... at Clemson University, Montreat College and UNC Asheville. ...

$77,000 raised for relief effort
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Thursday afternoon to donate money at the River Ridge Market Place in east Asheville. Kester was just one of hundreds of Western North Carolina residents who ...

Business: A year Of Transition
Boone Mountain Times - Boone,NC,USA
... to move to make way for corporate commerce while the Chamber of Commerce ... The location would be taken over by Asheville-based health food supermarket Earth Fare ...

JUST A TASTE | HELEN SCHWAB
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Winners' names go into a drawing for a weekend trip for two at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, with dinner each night and a winery tour. (704) 344-0515. ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... 20 will perform at the Biltmore House on Jan. ... A 15-member Chancellor Search Committee has been established to seek a successor to UNC Asheville Chancellor Jim ...

Storytellers To Spin Tales At Pigeon Forge Event
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
by Donnette Engebrecht. PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.--Smoky Mountains Storytelling Festival returns to Pigeon Forge Feb. 3-5. This will mark ...

Mammoth Cave park widens study on cell phone tower
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... >From California to the Smoky Mountains, objections have included the appearance of the towers in natural areas as well as the potential for cell phone ringing ...

BOWLS CAN'T SATISFY
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... I spent twelve years calling games at Carson-Newman, a small liberal arts school in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. ...

Wedding: Hazlewood - Molebash
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA
... He is employed by MeadWestvaco. Following a honeymoon at the Great Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tenn., the couple resides at 163 Whaley Place.

Holidays are a time for family ÐÐ and mishaps
SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
... Snow is beautiful but confining. No jaunt across the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - roads closed. No soothing ride to Cades Cove - roads closed. ...

Cost-trimming efforts mean woes for workers
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... lead to the elimination of thousands of jobs as the airline outsources heavy maintenance on certain jets and other jobs like the cleaning of aircraft cabins. ...

$77,000 raised for relief effort
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Hearts With Hands: Taking donations at 951 Sand Hill Road in Candler or by mail at Hearts With Hands Inc., PO Box 6444, Asheville, NC 28816. ...

Asheville-Based Reserve Unit To Deploy To Iraq
Carolina Channel.com - Greenville,SC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC -- More than 100 soldiers in an Asheville-based unit of reservists will deploy overseas next month. The commander ...

Snakes ace Asheville
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Orrin Hergott and Ryan Haggarty both scored a pair of goals to lead the Columbus Cottonmouths past the Asheville Aces 6-2 on Thursday night. ...

No. 2 Kansas to Take on No. 8 Kentucky in Men's Basketball
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... game of the season. The Asheville, NC, forward is shooting 58.5 percent from the field on the season. Twice Moody has pulled down ...

Aces Players Captivate Local Children
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
[ASHEVILLE, NC] 1/7/05 - As 370 First, Second and Third Grade students at West Buncombe Elementary School listened intently to Aces goalie Mark Scally ...

CRAFTED BY THE HILLS
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... "They may not have much but they created it, and they are extremely proud of it," Barnwell said from his studio in Asheville, NC "I have found poverty to be an ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... The same choral group that has been chosen to sing at the inauguration of President Bush on Jan. 20 will perform at the Biltmore House on Jan. 22. ...

In the Northwest: Administration serves up environment on a ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... If you are a "resource" lobbyist headed for the Arizona Biltmore, there'll ... of the Senate's public lands and forests subcommittee, and House Resources Committee ...

JUST A TASTE | HELEN SCHWAB
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... into a drawing for a weekend trip for two at Biltmore Estates in ... money for Charlotte-area charities; the 2006 beneficiaries are Hospitality House of Charlotte ...

North Carolina Holds Winthrop to 29 Points
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
21 Maryland on Sunday. North Carolina broke the school record for fewest points allowed, 31, set against Davidson in February 1975. ...

USF To Play Series With North Carolina
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
... Florida's impending move to the Big East Conference continued to pay dividends Thursday as the Bulls announced a home-and-home series with North Carolina. ...

Former local couple involved in North Carolina accident By BARRY ...
News-Sun - Sebring,FL,USA
SEBRING -- They survived deployment to Iraq, but it was a traffic accident in North Carolina that claimed the life of Justin Ward and sent his wife Jennifer to ...

Scaling back
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
Last summer, 31-year-old Christian Girts left a high-pressure career selling stock to mutual fund managers to sell fly-fishing supplies to, well, anyone who ...

FISHING CALENDAR
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... comcast.net.JAN. 28-30: The 14th Fly Fishing Show, Garden State Exhibit Center, 50 Atrium Dr., Somerset. Merchandise, displays, demonstrations ...

Outdoors Notebook
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Fly-fishing seminar: A Day with Lefty and Andy, featuring instruction by Lefty Kreh and Andy Mill, is Feb. 5 from 9 am-5 pm at TY Park in Hollywood. ...

Dentry: Stalking the Stradivarius of bamboo
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... Saturday, he and his apprentice, rod-restorer Kathy Shulkin-Jensen, will appraise old cane rods at The Fly Fishing Show, which runs today through Sunday at the ...

State buys land near Sandburg's NC home
Galesburg Register Mail - Galesburg,IL,USA
... Holden said it is about 30 miles south of Ashville, NC, and in a "great ... Holden said the Sandburgs moved to North Carolina in 1945, partially because it had a ...

Local charitable events will benefit tsunami victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... can deliver donations to River Ridge Market Place in east Asheville, Westgate Shopping Center in West Asheville, the Reuter Family YMCA in Biltmore Park and ...

Home and garden calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... second Sunday of each month at American Red Cross Building, 100 Edgewood Road, Asheville. ... in Bent Creek off Brevard Road/NC 191, south of Biltmore Square Mall. ...

JUST AMONG FRIENDS
Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat - Philadelphia,MS,USA
... when they returned from a celebratory trip to picturesque Biltmore Estates. ... Webb hosted the dinner Sunday evening before their parents' trip to Asheville. ...

Federal environmental officials take Western policy talks to ...
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
... action committee - is today through Friday at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & ... the business roundtable's executive director, who served in the White House in 2001 ...

t PICKS OF THE WEEK
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... The 200-year old Foscue Plantation House, US 17 between New Bern and Pollocksville ... The Biltmore Estate, the turn-of-the-century chateau built by the late George ...

St. Louis Park year in review
St. Louis Park Sun Sailor - St. Louis Park,MN,USA
... City Council approves Biltmore's development ... Huntington Avenues and 26th Street, with conditions to limit the ground floor area and height of house on lot ...

Retail Corridor: Some chains trimming back in post-holiday plans
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
... East Valley gourmands who like the fine dining in the Biltmore area of Phoenix can ... Road is being renovated and will become Donovan's Steak & Chop House, a La ...

Grammys to honor Jerry Lee
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... acts to get inducted at a special luncheon in Los Angeles at the Biltmore Hotel on ... Otis Redding in 1999, Al Green in 2002, and members of Motown house band the ...

Dining capsules
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant, in the Providence Biltmore, 11 Dorrance St ... A clever steak house from John Elkhay that avoids meat-and-potatoes boredom ...

JUST AMONG FRIENDS
Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat - Philadelphia,MS,USA
... through yesterday when they returned from a celebratory trip to picturesque Biltmore Estates ... to 7, were in charge at Grandaddy and Chin Chin's house on Poplar ...

State buys land near Sandburg's NC home
Galesburg Register Mail - Galesburg,IL,USA
... The historic site is managed by the National Park Service. Holden said it is about 30 miles south of Ashville, NC, and in a "great retirement area.". ...

Fishing line
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA
... Trout action has been light. Best action may be for fly fishing. FRENCHMAN LAKE: Phone power down so no report but that should tell you something. ...

Landis at home in the water
Bristol Herald Courier & Virginia Tennessean - Bristol,TN,USA
... From South Holston Lake to British Columbia, Landis has a home. ''I have been fly-fishing since I was 15,'' Landis said. ''I ...

Kayak Fishing British Columbia
WetDawg - Portland,OR,USA
... wells. I had Colin to thank for that. The focus of our trip this time was salt water fly fishing, journalistically at least. To ...

Outdoors Calendar
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Progressive Fly-Fishing: Beginning level classes, five-week course including field sessions, beginning 6 tonight, Oregon City (Eastham) Community School, 1404 ...

Your Community
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton,OH,USA
... Youth interested in learning the art of fly fishing and practicing their skills on a half-mile section of Cold Creek at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery in ...

North Carolina man pleads guilty to making false distress call to ...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
DETROIT (AP) -- A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to making a false distress call that triggered a search by the US Coast Guard, the US attorney's office ...

Mazzone leaves North Carolina State for Mississippi
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
RALEIGH, NC - North Carolina State assistant coach Noel Mazzone has agreed to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Mississippi. ...

New North Carolina law creates run on child car seats
Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro,NC,USA
A new state law that requires children under age 8 or 80 pounds to ride in car seats has caused a run on the equipment in stores around North Carolina. ...

North Carolina Duo Nabs Top 2004 Southeast Regional Honors from ...
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
... for the Southeast Region. North Carolina's Lori Chalupny and Jaime Gilbert were among the winners. Fifty schools comprising the ...

Investcorp Sells Apartment Communities in North Carolina and ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
... Investcorp, a global investment group, announced today that it has sold Waterford Creek Apartments located in Charlotte, North Carolina and Milstead Village ...

USF, North Carolina Schedule Football Games
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
The Bulls will visit North Carolina on Sept. ... North Carolina completed a 6-6 season in 2004 with a loss to Boston College in the Continental Tire Bowl. ...

NuMarkets Announces Expansion in North Carolina with the Opening ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
"The highlands of North Carolina are loaded with treasures of all descriptions," said Russ Grove, President & CEO of NuMarkets. ...

Upstate man falls to his death from North Carolina hotel balcony
WSTM-TV - Syracuse,NY,USA
CAROLINA BEACH, NC An upstate New York man fell to his death from a tenth-floor balcony in a NorthCarolina beach community. Authorities ...

Fitch Rates Guilford County, North Carolina's $56.6MM GOs 'AA+'
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to Guilford County, NC's approximately $56.6 million ...

Carolina And South Florida Agree To Two-Year Football Series
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC-- The University of North Carolina has agreed to a home-and-home football series with the University of South Florida in 2006 and 2007. ...

Asheville reserve unit headed to Asia for war duty
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - More than 100 soldiers in an Asheville-based unit of reservists will deploy next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom, military ...

Charleston Southern 64, NC-Asheville 63
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Nathan Ball knocked down a 10-footer as time expired to give Charleston Southern a 64-63 victory over NC-Asheville on Wednesday in the teams' Big South ...

Asheville Aces, Civic Center cancel discount beer night
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The Asheville Aces and the Asheville Civic Center have canceled tonight's $1 beer promotion one day after an ad on the hockey team's Web site ...

UNCA falls on buzzer-beater
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - As destination cities go, Asheville is a great place to visit, but it's no Charleston. But Charleston Southern coach ...

WNC set rain record in 2004
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Like the springtime temperatures we've enjoyed this week, the weather of 2004 had its own little surprises worth noting - especially since some ...

Local charitable events will benefit tsunami victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Residents throughout Western North Carolina will come together today and Sunday for two major events raising money for victims of the Dec. ...

Men's College Basketball Roundup
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Charleston Southern 64, UNC Asheville 63: Nathan Ball hit a 10-footer as time expired to give visiting Charleston Southern a victory against UNC Asheville last ...

WNC set rain record in 2004
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Young and his students for the past five years have been monitoring water levels in wetlands fed by groundwater in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Villager receives an early Christmas gift
Yellow Springs News - Yellow Springs,OH,USA
... He and his family were packed and ready to do just that by taking a trip to the Smoky Mountains for Christmas when they got the call that changed his life. ...

Doings in Dawson Springs: Appreciation expressed for help in ...
The Messenger (subscription) - Madisonville,KY,USA
... We celebrated by taking a weekend trip to the Smoky Mountains, a Christmas gift from our children Cassandra, Justin and his wife, Amanda, and and my mom ...

PT - OT - SPEECH THERAPIST
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA
PT - OT - SPEECH THERAPIST Full time positions available in the Greeneville office of Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice. RN for the Kingsport office. ...

High school sports honor roll
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Smoky Mountain Ameka Buchanan, senior, forward - Grabbed 14 rebounds in a win over Swain County. Kristine Webb, senior, center - Grabbed ...

Cherokee Bottled Water corners the water cooler, specialty label ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... Cherokee Bottled Water makes labels for the Old Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands, Flying Dog Café in Asheville, Mountain Lake Properties in Glenville, a Ford ...

Skyline to Fall Line
Ski Magazine - USA
... has broken ground on a quarter-share condominium complex called the Kaatskill Mountain Club, which will offer the first full-service on-mountain lodging in the ...

Major Resort Hotel to Rise in Mammoth Lakes
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... in the summer months, said Alan Reay, president of lodging industry consultant ... largest hotel and condo complex presently is the Mammoth Mountain Inn, with 217 ...

Mountain Home Council to talk A&P
Baxter Bulletin - Baxter,AR,USA
... tax for advertising and promotion are on the agenda when the Mountain Home City ... Brunner for an ordinance establishing a 2 percent tax on motel lodging and 1 ...

New Mexico Mountain Resort Announces Plans for 30th Annual ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
6, 2005--Does flying down a mountain at speeds of up to 70 MPH on a snow shovel sound frightening? ... If you can do it on a mountain, you can do it here. ...

Enjoy The Valentine's Dinner Dance At Callaway
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
... romantic Valentine's Day Dinner Dance Package is $214* in the Mountain Creek Inn ... Add Friday or Sunday night lodging for $114 and receive two coupons (one per ...

Business: A year Of Transition
Boone Mountain Times - Boone,NC,USA
... Boone's hotel and lodging revenues for the first two months of 2004 increased by ... He was the first manager of Sugar Mountain Ski Resort and later worked at ...

IMBA Stages 25 Hours of DC
OUTDOORNEWSWIRE - Seattle,WA,USA
... In 2004, mountain bikers held more than 140 face-to-face meetings with government leaders during ... Attendees will need to cover transportation and lodging costs.

Gainesville needs better tourism/convention facilities
Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
... Berkeley Young said a hotel needs to be part of a Mountain Center upgrade ... Young added that visitors want shopping,entertainment and lodging all in the same place ...

"Mammoth" Storm Drops 100 Inches in 10 Days
First Tracks - Loudonville,NY,USA
... January 5, 2005) - On December 26, snow began falling on Mammoth Mountain Ski Area ... lift tickets - priced at $46 (regularly $58), and deals on lodging, demo and ...

PICKS OF THE WEEK
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... The Biltmore Estate, the turn-of-the-century chateau built by the late George Vanderbilt, is open daily 9 am- 5 pm Take I-40 W. Tickets: $34 adults, $25.50 ...

Slow day of fishing leaves 5 tied for 1st at Pelican Yacht Club ...
Fort Pierce Tribune - Fort Pierce,FL,USA
... "I fought it for about an hour and 45 minutes," said Smith, who does a fair amount of tuna fishing out of Wrightsville Beach, NC "We didn't know what it was ...

PICKS OF THE WEEK
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... NC 28540. EQUINE COUNTRY - RICHLANDS - Western and English horse riding lessons, pony rides, trail rides, a general store, picnic areas, camping, fishing pond ...

FISHING FORECAST | TOM HIGGINS
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Stripers for anglers fishing from boats from Diamond Shoals near Buxton to Hatteras Inlet. ... SOUTHERN NC COAST: Black seabass to 5 pounds on bottom at Frying Pan ...

Everstart Series Bass Fishing Action Kicks Off on Lake Okeechobee
BassResource.com (press release) - USA
... Kenney was fishing 18 miles from the boat ramp, and he was flipping a creature ... Rounding out the top five pros are David Williams of Maiden, NC, (five bass, 26 ...

(Editor's note: This is part 2 of a 2-parter on David Fritts.)
BassFan.com - USA
... Welcome, NC called David Fritts Outdoors. We built a new building last year and business has been fairly successful. "I don't know if it's affected my fishing ...

Striper mortality rate has commission rethinking size limit
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Lake Norman's striped bass possibly will be rescinded during summertime.The NC Wildlife Resources ... A 46-pound striped bass by Richard Gabriele, fishing from a ...

Outdoor license getting online kick
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... and makes getting a license nearly as quick as casting a fishing line. ... outdoor agency has contracted with Great Lodge Inc., a Charlotte, NC, company that has ...

Saks Incorporated to Sell Four North Carolina Proffitt's Stores to ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The Company will continue to operate its Proffitt's store in Asheville, North Carolina. Following the consummation of the transaction ...

WNC set rain record in 2004
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... not only a new monthly record for the state of North Carolina but is ... a climatologist working on contract with the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville. ...

Non-Profits Experience Eventful Year
Boone Mountain Times - Boone,NC,USA
... a variety of her entries at the Mountain State Fair held near Asheville. ... Equestrian 4-H Club members earned several ribbons at the North Carolina State Fair ...

Robert Brunk of Brunk Auctions to sell his personal collection
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Every Saturday morning for years, Robert Brunk and fellow collector Jerry Israel used to drive around Western North Carolina and buy every chair ...

Asheville battalion heading overseas
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... based in Asheville will deploy to Asia next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom, becoming the fifth group of soldiers from Western North Carolina to ...

High School Sports Roundup
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Five NCHSAA schools from Northwest North Carolina are ranked ... Charlotte Catholic, with 250 points, has a healthy lead in Class 2-A; Asheville Roberson has a 50 ...

Local charitable events will benefit tsunami victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Residents throughout Western North Carolina will come together today and Sunday for two major events raising money for victims of the Dec. ...

Home and garden calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... the event. Fax them to her attention at 251-0585 or mail to McDaniel, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802. ...

Charleston Southern 64, NC-Asheville 63
CBS Sportsline - USA
ASHEVILLE, NC (AP) Nathan Ball knocked down a 10-footer as time expired to give Charleston Southern a 64-63 victory over NC-Asheville on Wednesday in the teams ...

Asheville reserve unit headed to Asia for war duty
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - More than 100 soldiers in an Asheville-based unit of reservists will deploy next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom, military ...

Long III Joins Nesbitt Racing
Motorsport.com - Canada
Asheville, NC-Nesbitt Racing Enterprises, Inc. is proud to announce that we have selected William Long III to participate in the ...

Moisture in the basement?
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... home improvement. For more information, visit www.ntc-stone.com. Send questions to him c/o 70 Westside Drive, Asheville, NC 28806.

Knight Ridder Names Two Publishers
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... Prior to that, she was advertising director of the Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times from 1999 to 2002; retail advertising directors of the Grand Rapids (Mich ...

Three charged in Spokane, two held in Redmond in marijuana cases
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... Kevin W. Guinn, 29, of Asheville, NC; Matthew K. Dierck, 24, of Everett, and Geoffrey H. Crook, 33, of Winlaw, British Columbia, were indicted by a federal ...

Tribe likely to get $45M in owed casino profits
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By Asheville Citizen-Times. CHEROKEE ... parlor. "I'd sure put it to good use," said Wilma Morris, 77, who rents cabins to tourists near the casino. ...

Business: A year Of Transition
Boone Mountain Times - Boone,NC,USA
... Boone's hotel and lodging revenues for the first two ... He was the first manager of Sugar Mountain Ski Resort ... Boone Heights location to its store on NC 105 in ...

Travel briefs - 1/2/05
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... 650 miles due east of Cape Hatteras, NC, just an ... if you're trying the trek on Goose Eye Mountain, along the ... AMC lodging options range from rustic cabins at the ...

Six Charlotte-area residents survive brush with tsunami
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
CHARLOTTE, NC - Six residents of the Charlotte area planned a ... as they scurried up the jagged side of a mountain. ... the hotel where the group was lodging in the ...

Outdoor Briefs: Tournament yields plenty of bass at Lake Julian
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... cost of the camp is $325, including meals and lodging. ... SYLVA - The NC Wildlife Resources Commission will hold a ... lure in Designated Public Mountain Trout Waters ...

The Rathbun Center: Ten years of service and love
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... You live in Franklin, an hour and a half tough drive over the mountain, especially in the dark with all ... Provided lodging for over ... Thank you." Guest, Sylva, NC. ...

Kids Fly, Stay Free
OnTheSnow.com - Orinda,CA,USA
... adult (based on double occupancy) in lodging properties at ... Saturday service from both Charlotte, NC, and Philadelphia ... you'll find Sunlight Mountain Resort in ...

Va. town shares secrets of success with Wartburg
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... on the block to invest in a restaurant or viable lodging," Horsch said ... planning a trip to Damascus as well as Hot Springs, NC, a small mountain community that ...

t PICKS OF THE WEEK
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... horse riding lessons, pony rides, trail rides, a general store, picnic areas, camping, fishing pond, carriage rides, a party barn, cabin rentals and more. ...

Latest lawsuit claims park allows unfair competition
Oil City Derrick - Oil City,PA,USA
... It charges that the park's tree house project now under way and cabin rentals pose unfair competition to existing businesses such as Beichner's Turtle Bay Lodge ...

Remote cabins for rent to public
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
... system that allows forest visitors to check rental dates and place their reservations online or by telephone for not only these cabin rentals, but many ...

Michigan's Bluegill & Crappie Honeyholes
Michigan Sportsman Magazine - MI,USA
... For live bait, fishing reports and cabin rentals, contact Pilgrim's Village and Resort at (231) 775-5412. For more details on lodging ...

Snow, rainfall expected today in hills, Valley
Fresno Bee - Fresno,CA,USA
... came on at 4:30 am and went off again and came back on again," said 57-year-old Judy Caress, manager of the Shaver Lake Point Cabin Rentals inside Trappers.

Tri-state area works to increase tourism
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Chamber of Commerce. "It's a place to get away, and we have a lot of cabin rentals, hiking, horseback riding and water sports.". ...

PETER HALEY/The News Tribune
Tacoma News Tribune - Tacoma,WA,USA
... Her husband's real estate business is also taking a hit, because a shortage of skiers means a shortage of cabin renters and vacation ... "But rentals are down ...

Peaceful getaways available at Camp Arrowhead cabins
Cape Gazette - Lewes,DE,USA
... is so special to the Hollingsworths and because they like the cabin and cottages so much, the family decided to make them available for off-season rentals. ...

A jewel in northern Canada
Bangkok Post - Bangkok,Thailand
... is recommended such as from Budget at (800) 577-3228, or Rustic Car Rentals at (877 ... Tlell, 47km north of Queen Charlotte City, is a two-story log cabin in the ...

American Airlines tests entertainment devices
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
... [American plans to start selling food in the main cabin on long ... and out of Fort Lauderdale may help American decide whether to offer PED rentals aboard Boeing ...

Tent cabins a solid winter alternative to camping Big Basin ...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The only tent cabins in a 100-mile radius of the Bay Area are at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a great park for hiking. ...

Park offers break from vacation town
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... If you stay: Campsites are available from March through November, and tiny blue-gray cabins are offered year-round; early reservations are recommended. ...

Smooth Sailing
Forbes - USA
... The cabins range in size from 100 square feet for the bare-bones inside rooms to 320 square feet for the Owner's Suites. Fourteen ...

Denali Park rules open to interpretation
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
... Mary Leuty, an owner of the Lazy J Cabins in Cantwell, 25 miles south of the park entrance, said three feet of snow fell there Tuesday, and snow was falling ...

A day in Big Sky, Montana
CNN - USA
... Play Marlboro Man for a night at Cowboy Heaven's rustic midmountain cabins ($205-$485; 800-845-4428), and ski from your door to the Iron Horse lift. ...

Some Families Forced To Move Northern Wisconsin Cabins
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
SEELEY, Wis. -- The hundreds of private cabins on the state's $2.3 ... He says there should be more cabins like his, so more people have access to the forests. ...

Remote cabins for rent to public
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
... The sites, located from the Cascade Range to the coast, include four cabins, six fire lookouts and one tent. Most have no electricity or indoor plumbing. ...

Utah increases bear hunting permits
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Acting on reports from state biologists regarding an increase in the number of black bears visiting campgrounds and cabins in 2004, the Utah Wildlife Board ...

P&O Cruises adds liner to Australasian fleet
National Business Review - New Zealand
... pasengers and carries 500 crew. Thge ship contains 511 cabins -- including 12 luxury suites with balconies. The ship has a gross ...

Pre-Civil War cabins moved across county
Vicksburg Post - Vicksburg,MS,USA
... Mike Cudo, Chris Carter and Don Gray work to hammer in nails to form one of the supports that will permit one of four pre-Civil War log cabins being moved from ...

Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser visits WCU today
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... meet with counterpart John Bardo and sign an agreement reaffirming their commitment to making training available to local government leaders in North Carolina. ...

Winter heat wave continues today in WNC
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
This week's winter heat wave in Western North Carolina continues today with temperatures expected to reach into the mid-60s. The ...

Asheville tops NC in growth of home values
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Over the last five years, homes in the Asheville area have appreciated 39 percent, more than any other major city in North Carolina, according to recently ...

Durham goes for knowns
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... in Asheville, he helped redevelop the mountain city's downtown. Penny, who holds degrees from NC Central University and the University of North Carolina at ...

State move protects land around Sandburg home
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... The state Department of Cultural Resources obtained the tract last month from the Conservation Trust for North Carolina. While not ...

A day at the office: Altitude aim for NBA in practice
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... However, they must share the arena with the Asheville Aces hockey team ... as in former Duke icon Steve Wojciechowksi -- after former North Carolina standout Joe ...

Dave Russell
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... I came across one paper in a North Carolina town about the size of Asheville with a letters policy of one per person every six months. ...

Lesson moves students to help tsunami victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Cross. As students throughout Western North Carolina return to school this week after winter break, teachers are using the Dec. 26 ...

Mammoth Plans First Luxury Hotel
First Tracks - Loudonville,NY,USA
... areas in the US and California's most popular four-season mountain destinations ... as a world-class destination," said Peter Cowley, VP Lodging Product Development ...

Snow vs. Football - When Patriots Win, Skier Numbers Tend to Thin
AlpineZone News - Oakville,CT,USA
... The mountain is in great shape and our new ticket deals make it an even better value ... a 3-5 day Ski and Stay Package will, in addition to free lodging for kids ...

Resorts get a lift
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... "Skier visits and lodging nights have ... The village at Solitude was at capacity for six days during the holidays and we saw two capacity days on the mountain.". ...

Bargain shopping
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... called the Gems of Aspen (www.gemsofaspen.com), reveals lodging options on a ... Some offer fun perks, too - Aspen's Mountain Chalet hosts free après-ski parties ...

Kersgaard: Even in a nearby park, cross-country skiing within ...
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... Less expensive meals and lodging are available in nearby Fraser, Winter Park and Snow Mountain Ranch. Phone 1-800-933-4339 or visit www.DevilsThumbRanch.com. ...

Great Snow Jumpstarts Angel Fire Resort's 2004-05 Ski Season ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... on lodging and lift ticket deals, snow conditions, activities and more at Angel Fire this winter visit www.angelfireresort.com. If you can do it on a mountain, ...

January Snowstorm Kicks Off 2005 with a Powder Day at Vail Resorts
COskiing - Oakville,CT,USA
... 7 and 8. More than a foot of snow has fallen on lower mountain terrain over ... Starting at $132 per night, enjoy lodging at The Village at Breckenridge Resort or ...

New York's Finest January Trout Lakes
New York Game and Fish Magazine - NY,USA
... basin, roughly from Ticonderoga south to the narrows at Tongue Mountain is by ... For advice on area lodging, visitors may contact the Warren County Tourism office ...

High school basketball roundup
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... SYLVA Cetera DeGraffenreid converted a three-point play with 20 seconds left to give Smoky Mountain a slim win over Mountain Athletic Conference rival Franklin ...

Library supporters pledge cooperation
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... expansion plans on hold. The $1 million was re-allocated for property acquisition for the expansion of Smoky Mountain High School. ...

Over Yonder Jamboree
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... of the album's 15 tracks -- "This Sad Song" the best among 'em -- and his tunes bring with them the sort of hard-edged craggy-mountain husk that ...

Firms duke it out in growing water wars
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... A Pepsi distributor hauling flats of Mountain Dew into a Maggie Valley convenience store last week summed up how the big boys vie for cooler space by rubbing ...

Sightings of `Swamp Ape' Should Be Noted With Skepticism
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... Scientists at Great Smoky Mountain National Park began in earnest in 1998 trying to fill in gaps in the park's species list. They ...

Meeting will try to unite opponents of Duke's relicensing ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
A joint meeting and discussion about Duke Power's relicensing applications will be held with the WNC Alliance, Jackson County, Macon County and Town of ...

HCC offers 10-week entrepreneur class
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
A 10-week course designed for entrepreneurs launching a new business and small business owners aiming to expand will begin this month at Haywood Community ...

Condo Arson Suspect Arrested In North Carolina
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA
... When they checked the condominium, it was on fire. A team led by US marshals arrested Grossman after Nashua police learned he possibly was in North Carolina.

Winston Joseph and New Directions International Spearhead ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... International, a global missions and relief organization based in Graham, NC, to help ... for the purchase of food, water and specifically, new fishing boats that ...

Petty's kids camp makes a fan
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... Junction Gang at the Pettys' newly opened camp in Randleman, NC He has been ... Along with crafts and swimming, the camp offers horseback riding, fishing and other ...

Amatuer Anglers Chasing Big-League Dream In Classic
BassResource.com (press release) - USA
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Jeff Boyer owns a piece of the BASS record book that is sure to become part of an answer to a future trivia question among fishing fans. ...

Cherokee Bottled Water corners the water cooler, specialty label ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands, Flying Dog Café in Asheville, Mountain Lake ... The Maggie Valley Chamber of Commerce was a frontrunner in custom water bottle ...

Asheville tops NC in growth of home values
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... People from outside the area are discovering Asheville," said Tom Tveidt, director of the Community Research Center of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. ...

Ashevilles low crime rate yet another source of pride
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... numbers, teased out of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Uniform Crime Report by Tom Tveidt, Director of Research at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce ...

Condo Arson Suspect Arrested In North Carolina
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA
... When they checked the condominium, it was on fire. A team led by US marshals arrested Grossman after Nashua police learned he possibly was in North Carolina.

Asheville Makes Major Trade
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
The Asheville Aces made a major trade today with the Jacksonville Barracudas. Leaving Asheville is team Captain Peter Cermak who ...

Beer ad goes flat for Aces
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - A pop-up ad promoting $1 beer night that appeared on the web site of the Asheville Aces minor-league hockey team pictured a young man drinking beer ...

Dave Russell
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... The word election shows 373 hits, vote 351. Wal-Mart garnered only 28 hits this year, down from 98 in 2002 when the east Asheville Supercenter debate was hot. ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... FIND A PENNEY, PICK IT UP…Kirk Penney is returning to the Asheville Altitude after spending four games with the Los Angeles Clippers. ...

Charlotte might break record high temps
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... also 72. Record high temperatures where set in Asheville NC., Greensboro NC., and Charleston SC., where the mercury hit 77. The ...

Inaugural's costs raise questions in light of tsunami
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... and dance while all this is going on seems to be the wrong message to be sending to people," said William Clotworthy, a 78-year-old retiree in Asheville, NC. ...

Lesson moves students to help tsunami victims
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
BREVARD - Brevard Elementary third-grader Taylor Snowdon remembered where she kept her spare change Tuesday when her class agreed to collect donations for ...

Energy retreat at resort draws fire
MSNBC - USA
... action committee -- is Wednesday through Friday at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa ... roundtable's executive director, who served in the White House in 2001 ...

Gonzales's Curtain Call
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... starting today and running through Friday at the fine Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa ... an exciting time of golf and casual lobbying with White House Council of ...

Buccella named Player of the Week
SPHL (press release) - Asheville,NC,USA
[ASHVILLE, NC] - The Southern Professional Hockey League -- Sherwood Hockey "Player of the Week" award goes to Dan Buccella of the Huntsville Havoc. ...

2005 World Record Game Fishes book Available to the Public
FishingWorld.com - Lindale,TX,USA
... Veteran fly fisherman Jack Samson, in A New Theory on Hooking Permit, integrates British fly fishing techniques for tender-mouthed carp into his arsenal of ...

The joys of winter
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... "It's a beautiful canyon, it's a pleasant winter day and I love fly-fishing," he said, studying the drift of a bright-yarn strike indicator for the slightest ...

Condo Arson Suspect Arrested In North Carolina
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA
... When they checked the condominium, it was on fire. A team led by US marshals arrested Grossman after Nashua police learned he possibly was in North Carolina.

Fitch Rates Mecklenburg County, North Carolina GOs 'AAA'
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Mecklenburg County, North Carolina's most populous, is part of the growing Charlotte metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and is characterized by high wealth ...

Huskies Embark on Two-Game Los Angeles Road Trip
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... Also returning its entire starting lineup from last year are Illinois, Michigan State, North Carolina, Syracuse and Wake Forest. ...

Men's Basketball Continues League Play At Wright State
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... scoring. Omari Westley (Utah Valley State, North Carolina & Loyola) has led the team in three of the last four games. Patrick Tatham ...

Carolina's John Cone Joins Kansas City Wizards Staff
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
... three seasons as goalkeeper trainer with the University of North Carolina men's soccer ... for two season's with the men's team at Metropolitan State College in ...

Fitch Rates Mecklenburg County, North Carolina GOs 'AAA'
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Mecklenburg County, North Carolina's most populous, is part of the growing Charlotte ... The undesignated balance complies with the state's recommendation of 8% of ...

Illini, Jayhawks, Tar Heels are linked together for several ...
CNN/SI - USA
... North Carolina. ... Well, road wins at NC State and LSU and a home victory against George Washington show that John Beilein's well-balanced club deserves your ...

Documentary examiners NC dialects, language
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... In North Carolina, mountain and Outer Banks dialects often are thought of as exotic, said North Carolina State University linguistics professor Walt Wolfram ...

Previewing South Carolina
VandyMania.com (subscription) - Nashville,TN,USA
... Kentucky (9-1) has won five straight since a 91-78 loss at No. 3 North Carolina on Dec. ... Gonner did not play against South Carolina State on Dec. ...

Midway bids open for state fair
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
North Carolina's next state Agriculture Commissioner remains in limbo but we should learn Wednesday who will run the midway at the next state fair. ...

NC State, Duke Games Sold Out
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) - The University of Miami men's basketball games against NorthCarolina State on January 9th and Duke University on ...

Netsmart Technologies Signs Five Contracts With Combined Value of ...
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... more than 30 percent of the counties in North Carolina. Each LME is responsible for authorizing treatment, monitoring outcomes, and billing state governed funds ...

Charlotte might break record high temps
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... 72. Record high temperatures where set in Asheville NC., Greensboro NC., and Charleston SC., where the mercury hit 77. The storm ...

Inaugural's costs raise questions in light of tsunami
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... and dance while all this is going on seems to be the wrong message to be sending to people," said William Clotworthy, a 78-year-old retiree in Asheville, NC. ...

Dave Russell
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Readers can write to Russell at PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC, 28802; phone him at 236-8973; or e-mail him at drussell@citizen-times.com.

Asheville tops NC in growth of home values
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - When Tebbe and Suzannah Davis decided to move from Connecticut to Asheville, they did their homework on the housing market. ...

Best (and worst) music of 2004
Detroit Metro Times - Detroit,MI,USA
... 10. The Dirtbombs live -- Stella Blue (Asheville, NC) 5/12/04: They came, they rocked, they brought some crucial Motor City mojo to my adopted hometown in the ...

The Catholic Worker's first donor dies
National Catholic Reporter - USA
... "She exuded unconditional acceptance and love," said Sarah Fahy, who lives in Asheville, NC "She always had great interest in who you were and what you ...

Library supporters pledge cooperation
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... Additional funds were raised with the first Great Smoky Mountains Bookfair. Construction should begin in March 2008, with doors opening four months later. ...

Fauquier Times-Democrat's Citizen of the Year
Fauquier Times-Democrat - Fauquier,VA,USA
... He tells stories of his youth, which started on an Indian reservation in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. ...

Carpenter is Carson Newman graduate
Manchester Times - Manchester,TN,USA
... Set in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, CN provides its students a quality liberal arts education with a Christian worldview.

Books, Journals, New Media Received
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctor's Practice in the Smoky Mountains by Walt Larimore, 314 pp, $18.99, ISBN 0-310-25287-3, Grand Rapids, Mich ...

Reflecting on the water's edge
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
... the future of our sport. A recent column described fly-fishing-only regulations for waters managed for wild trout. Dan Hall of the ...

Nelson marks 20 years of ambulance runs
Galveston County Daily News - Galveston,TX,USA
... existed. "When we moved here (from Ashville, NC), I was reading in the paper they needed volunteers, so I signed up," she said. ...

Iowa Begins Big Ten play vs. Michigan
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... 31, defeating Saint Louis 67-58 in Iowa City. Michigan improved to 8-5 with a 75-54 win over North Carolina-Asheville on Dec. 31. ...

Mastodons mauled by Marquette
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... May scored 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead host North Carolina. ... MICHIGAN 75, N. CAROLINA-ASHEVILLE 54: Chris Hunter scored 20 points and freshman Ron ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... University researchers in North Carolina are finishing a study to look for a possible genetic link to sarcoidosis, the mysterious disease that may have caused ...

Climate good for entrepreneurs in 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... For information specific to the agency's efforts in North Carolina, visit www.sba.gov/nc. The SBA's new Asheville office is at 29 Haywood St. ...

Outdoor Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... ASHEVILLE - RiverLink, together with the Knox County (Tenn.) Parks and Recreation ... for the French Broad River from Madison County in North Carolina to Knoxville ...

UM Ranked 35th in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
MGoBlue - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... The Wolverines will face five teams listed in Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll, including North Carolina (No. 7), Georgia (No. 9), Notre Dame (No. ...

Development could rival size of Saline if fully built
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... But the township's master plan calls for an eventual residential area with one house per acre. Biltmore, which has options on about two-thirds of the land, is ...

Asheville's first 'lady mailman' calling it quits
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Another customer, seeing Morris approach the house, asked her to wait so she ... Since 1990, Morris has worked a route that includes Biltmore Avenue - Matthews Ford ...

SBI investigating shooting death of man by Asheville police ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The State Bureau of Investigation is probing the shooting death of a man Sunday night by an Asheville police officer at a residence on Deaverview ...

Aces Week In Review
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
Asheville and Columbus meet for the third time this season. Columbus is coming off a New Year's Day victory in Asheville in which ...

Jimmy Buffett to play benefit show at new Asheville restaurant
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett will play a surprise show in Asheville next Tuesday, Jan. 11, at his new Cheeseburger ...

Outdoor Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Registration for the 10-mile Sunset Stampede race training will be 6 pm Tuesday, Jan. ... 6 and sent to 57 Oakwood St., Asheville NC 28806. ...

Inbox: Bank of Asheville parent company declares 20 percent stock ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Directors of Weststar Financial Services Corp., the parent company of The Bank of Asheville, have declared a 20 percent stock dividend, effective ...

Asheville's first 'lady mailman' calling it quits
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - These days no one looks twice at a female letter carrier, but back in 1968 a "lady mailman" was cause for double takes and whispers. ...

Flu shots available today for those at high risk for complications
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Flu shots are available today at the Buncombe County Health Center for adults 50 and older and other individuals classified as high risk for flu complications. ...

Jay Peak Offers January Skiing Deals
Ski Magazine - USA
... start at $154.50 CAD per night and include one night lodging in the ... Along with discounted rates for other mountain pass holders, Vermonters and Clinton County ...

If resolutions include new adventures, you're in luck
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
... and ice axes if you're trying the trek on Goose Eye Mountain, along the Maine ... AMC lodging options range from rustic cabins at the Mohican Outdoor Center in New ...

Aspen Mountain
Ski Magazine - USA
... Still the Silver Queen") or leave it ("Too glitzy!"), Aspen Mountain never fails ... Aspen's allure also includes its lodging, which features world-class ...

Holiday traffic up over '03
Ironwood Daily Globe - Ironwood,MI,USA
... This year, we had a lot of (lodging referral) calls ... behind in expectations, especially with the snow we have," said Tom Nemacheck, of the Iron Mountain-based UP ...

'Monster' hotel plan scaled back
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... the mountain - The Residences at Little Nell. That slopeside, luxury hotel, including 24 suites to be sold in fractional shares, eight standard lodging units ...

Rio's no carnival, so be alert
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... At the Blue Mountain Cattle Drive (866-435-3132, www .bluecattledrive.com) in ... are $1,195 per person for the five-day trip and include lodging, meals, cattle ...

From the December 31, 2004 print edition
Denver Business Journal - Denver,CO,USA
... meets every Wednesday at 7 am at Bridge Center, 20971 E. Smoky Hill Road ... The Rocky Mountain Toastmasters meets every Thursday at 6 pm at Four Points Sheraton ...

Outdoor Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... in Asheville. Cost for the training is $150. Checks must be postmarked by Jan. 6 and sent to 57 Oakwood St., Asheville NC 28806. ...

NavSci navigates north to open center
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... The firm announced last month that it will build the operations center in Asheville, NC, where it expects to create about a dozen high-tech jobs. ...

Kudos To You
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Send your announcements to Business Editor Kathleen O. Davis by mail to her attention at the Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802; by fax ...

Caribbean island revelers mourn victims
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... It took almost a week for news of the tsunami disaster to reach Clayton, visiting Jost Van Dyke from Asheville, NC He was wearing a T-shirt with the logo of ...

OnSpan to move forward after lawsuit
South Florida Business Journal - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... The claims of the shareholder suit, filed by Richard T. Clark, of Tulsa, Okla., and Joel C. Holt of Asheville, NC, are not known. However, Oct. ...

Another Whale Sighted Off NC Coast
NBC 17.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
CAROLINA BEACH, NC -- Another whale has been sighted off a New Hanover County ... Those whales were sighted near Johnny Mercer's Fishing Pier on Wrightsville Beach ...

Split Season May Harm NC's Turkey Hatch
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
(PRWEB) December 3, 2005 -- The NC Wildlife Resources Commission will offer 42 proposed changes to hunting, fishing and trapping regulations for the 2005-06 ...

Bright future for bright leaf?
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... based Philip Morris USA, and its largest competitor, Winston-Salem, NC-based Reynolds ... taking your buyout money to grow tobacco, you are better off fishing.". ...

Outdoor Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... 6 and sent to 57 Oakwood St., Asheville NC 28806. ... at Volunteer Landing, in Knoxville, with information such as put-in sites, where the best fishing places are ...

New, All-Natural Mosquito Repellent Provides Better Protection ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Brevard, NC (PRWEB) January 3, 2005 -- An all new, natural oil based mosquito repellent ... tell us that chemical based sprays weaken or melt their fishing lines". ...

Kudos To You
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that James Carter of Asheville will become membership sales manager. Carter's ...

Mark Your Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Boone chamber meetings: The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce's executive committee will meet at 11 ... from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at 324 Ridgefield Court in Asheville. ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Wilson Works Together, a community improvement initiative formed by the city of Wilson and the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, is planning the festival. ...

Asheville's first 'lady mailman' calling it quits
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Since 1990, Morris has worked a route that includes Biltmore Avenue - Matthews Ford ... years, she also delivered papers for the afternoon Asheville Times newspaper ...

Getting caught out in the cold can be dangerous
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... "After that I got a waterproof sack for my sleeping bag," said Krause, 38, of Asheville. The owner of BioWheels, a bike shop on Biltmore Avenue, Krause now is ...

Panthers fans cling to hope until the end
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... to the television screen at the Wild Wing Caf on Biltmore Avenue, which ... Recent transplants to Asheville from Cincinnati, the couple are long-time, die- hard ...

Web photo album shows off wonders of the state
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... given day, you'll see the suspension bridge at Fall Creek Falls, a full moon over Chattanooga's downtown, a quaint church in the Smoky Mountains and fireworks ...

Rising above disability at the top of the world
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Climbing was "like finding religion.". While still in his early teens, he and a friend hiked the length of the Smoky Mountains. At ...

Outdoor Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... 8-16. All activities are free and open to the public. Pigeon Forge is adjacent to America's most visited national park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Federal ag officials consider beetles, pesticide to save hemlocks
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
... variety. The National Park Service has been releasing predator beetles into the adjacent Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The ...

College Basketball: North Carolina, Wake Forest Win
Reuters - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC (Sports Network) - Sean May scored a game-high 24 points, Jawad Williams added 19 and fourth-ranked North Carolina routed William & Mary, 105-66 ...

North Carolina station refusing to air Fox's "Who's Your Daddy?" ...
KPLC-TV - Lake Charles,LA,USA
NEW YORK After protests from adoption advocates, a Fox TV affiliate in North Carolina won't be airing tonight's special called "Who's Your Daddy?". ...

North Carolina Papers Pound 'Shameful' Democrat Election Thieves
NewsMax.com - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
North Carolina's newspapers, even the two big liberal ones, are outraged about the sleazy attempt by three Democrats to steal an election for their party. ...

IPC-The Hospitalist Company Expands Into North Carolina; Company ...
mysan.de - Germany
3 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC, the nation's premier hospitalist company, has expanded its practice into North Carolina and has begun caring for hospitalized patients ...

Charlotte, North Carolina
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Brandon was the valedictorian at North Iredell High School where he and Matt graduated in 2003. Ashley, Brandon's twin sister, lives next door. ...

Panhandle ex-con charged with killing teen in North Carolina
WHNT - Huntsville,AL,USA
... in the Florida Panhandle. He is being held on a North Carolina murder warrant for the 1989 death of a 16-year-old topless dancer. ...

USCS: Carolina Thunder Tour news
Motorsport.com - Canada
... All North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia sprint car owners, drivers, team members, or those who are future team members or individuals who have interest ...

NCAA Game Summary - West Virginia at North Carolina State
Hillsboro Free Press - Hillsboro,KS,USA
... North Carolina State led for most of the first half before the Mountaineers used a 16-1 run and held the Wolfpack without a field goal for nine minutes. ...

North Carolina station refusing to air Fox's Who's Your Daddy? ...
CJAD - Canada
NEW YORK (AP) - After protests from adoption advocates, a Fox affiliate in North Carolina chose not to air Monday's Who's Your Daddy? ...

Virginia, North Carolina job creation estimates of new Dell plant ...
Virginia Economic Development Review (subscription) - VA,USA
As first reported in the Raleigh News and Observer, job creation estimates by the North Carolina Department of Commerce and the Virginia Economic Development ...

Beverly Paris: Salvation Army dinner to raise funds for youth ...
Sebastian Sun - Sebastian,FL,USA
... On Saturday, two Biltmore Estate Lectures will be offered by Jean Sexton, author and marketing communication coordinator for the estate: "Welcome to the ...

Unbeaten West Virginia visits North Carolina State
CBS Sportsline - USA
North Carolina State wants to quickly forget its last contest. ... "We were horrible," North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek said. ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
That's down from the year before and half the record high of 129 in 1993. Besides the overall drop, the number of Hispanics killed ...

North Carolina Agriculture Race Revote Ordered
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield,WI,USA
... "It's not what the voters of North Carolina deserve," Troxler said immediately after the ruling was announced Wednesday morning. ...

No. 4 North Carolina Hosts William & Mary The Heels go for their ...
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... up its conference schedule on January 8, No. 5 North Carolina hosts William & Mary on Sunday in search of its 12th straight win. ...

North Carolina 2005
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
The North Carolina economy has rebounded, and statewide unemployment has fallen, even if it remains high in some areas. Yet the ...

Travel briefs: From country hotels to skiing in the West
Lansing State Journal - Lansing,MI,USA
The finest country hotel in the eastern United States is in Walland, Tenn., just down the road from the Great Smoky Mountains, according to Travel & Leisure ...

Plan now, play later
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Colo. (astonishingly beautiful at sunrise and sunset); and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tenn. (huge and ...

Walters State sets horse series slate
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... The horse series will be held indoors at Walters State's Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center, near the intersection of I-81 and Highway 25E in White Pine. ...

NC State linguists documentary highlights North Carolinas voices
Outer Banks Sentinel - Nags Head,NC,USA
From the Outer Banks to the Smoky Mountains, the people of North Carolina are unique, and so are the languages they speak. A new ...

National park spouts hidden treasures
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
By BOB DOWNING. GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park gets lot of visitors, up to 9 million a year. One of the ...

Holiday cheer fills Villa de Stella
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... of the Smokies for the special evening planned at Cherokee Country Club to benefit their work on behalf of preservation and improvement of the Smoky Mountains. ...

Creatively neighborly
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... home to an isolated mountain community, the winding passage between Townsend and Pigeon Forge is now part of the ever-expanding Smoky Mountains tourist mecca. ...

Polar Bears go from grr to brr during New Year's Day swim
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... The Polar Bear Plunge, in its third year, began with only six swimmers but now requires a special events permit from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Business Calendar
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... Rocky Mountain FoxPro Users Group, 6:30 to 9 pm, Microsoft building, 4643 S. Ulster ... LeTip of Smoky Hill, 7 am, BridgeCenter, 20971 E. Smoky Hill Road in Aurora ...

National park spouts hidden treasures
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... It gets its name from mountain laurel shrub that blooms along the trail and near the falls in May. ...

Okemo Mountain Resort Announces January Specials
AlpineZone News - Oakville,CT,USA
LUDLOW, VT -- January values abound at Okemo Mountain Resort. Stay & Ski specials provide lodging in ski-in/ski-out condominium accommodations and at the new ...

Learn to ski, and to find bargains
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... Monday, for example, is Men's Day at Blue Mountain, when guys save $10 on lift tickets ... There, you'll find bargains and specials on lift tickets and lodging. ...

Going skiing on a budget
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... You can save hundreds more on lodging if you're willing to stay a few miles from the mountain's base or tap into special rates. ...

The Pocket Alps
Hartford Courant (subscription) - Hartford,CT,USA
... The Kaiser have a well-maintained system of mountain huts from one end to the other, offering basic and inexpensive lodging with cooked meals, as well as the ...

Who needs kids to feel the Disney World magic?
The Register-Guard - Eugene,Oregon,USA
... stomach-scooping sensation of that first drop into blackness aboard the Space Mountain coaster (I ... Lodging: Hotel rates vary; ``value season'' is in effect Jan. ...

Travel briefs - 1/2/05
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... AMC lodging options range from rustic cabins at the Mohican Outdoor Center in ... New Hampshire include Cardigan Lodge, at the base of Cardigan Mountain, where you ...

Alaska is a larger-than-life destination for families
The Wichita Eagle - Wichita,KS,USA
... Denali has North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, and ... that lists package tours, sample trips, and food/lodging/transportation information ...

Tourism looking like a winner in 2004-05
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... similar revenue per available room growth for the Valley lodging market as ... closed are the Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort and Marriott's Mountain Shadows Resort ...

The top stories of 2004
Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount,NC,USA
... and counties in the Twin Counties and the 750 members of the Chamber and our ... former Chief Bill Hogan left the force to take over the chief's job in Asheville. ...

Big and small events shape lives as WNC looks to 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... deacon who has headed the Institute for Servant Leadership in Asheville and founded ... Biltmore Baptist Church in Buncombe County rented a theater for two nights ...

Tranquil destination for wildlife observation in neighboring NC
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... The usual licenses apply. Proposed last September was the construction of two new fishing piers to be positioned along the picturesque NC Highway 94 Causeway. ...

Counties from NC, Ga. and Tennessee work to increase tourism ...
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
... It also offers the Toccoa River, which is famous for trout fishing, the Chattanooga National Forest and the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. ...

Holiday gifts bring joy, questions
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Tom, Perry in Como: I'ma bass-fishing fanatic, so my wife gave me a ... or write Division of Wildlife Enforcement, 1718 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1718 ...

Hawkins: A very good year
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
... On the last day of the season, my friend (an NC State student) claimed his bird just 10 minutes after this East Carolina ... Fishing, to me, is about sharing. ...

Despite winter chill, Central Oregon good for fly fishing
Katu.com - Portland,OR,USA
By MARK MORICAL. BEND, Ore. - With winter settling in on the High Desert, fly fishing might be the last thing on the minds of many Central Oregonians. ...

Float and fly makes for excellent winter fishing
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... their meal," he said. When float and fly fishing, it is important to think about bluffs and points on the main lake. "Let the waves ...

Former chef serves up treat for fly fishermen
Baltimore Sun (subscription) - Baltimore,MD,USA
... around. Puglisi has become a fixture at the College Park Fly Fishing Show, where he gathers crowds with his tying demonstrations. ...

Notebook: Seattle man gets closer to pursuit
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
... Details: 425-415-1575. . The Washington Fly Fishing Club is hosting an eight-week beginning fly-tying class starting Thursday. Preregistration is required. ...

Fly show to boast bamboo rod
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
In addition to the much-anticipated lineup of noted authorities from around the country, next weekend's Fly Fishing Show will feature the latest space-age ...

Notebook: Area waters among those to see changes
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Each participant will receive a Trout Unlimited youth membership and have access to fly-tying and fly fishing equipment for the duration of the program. ...

Asheville residents find creative ways to help victims in Asia
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - The devastation from the earthquake and tsunami in Asia has sparked some creative relief efforts in this mountain city. ...

Big and small events shape lives as WNC looks to 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Soldiers from the 210th and 211th NC National Guard Military Police companies ... they had to celebrate through a telephone connection between Asheville and Iraq ...

2004 NC politics was strange, busy
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... That will be a political happening for another year. Readers may write to Scott Mooneyham in care of Capitol Press Association, PO Box 191, Raleigh, NC 27602.

Cardio for kids
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... "We want to give kids a safe alternative (for exercise)," said Hreha, whose gyms are located in Asheville, NC "It is a relaxed atmosphere and kids don't even ...

Balanced scoring helps Wolverines burn Asheville
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
... The Wolverines got impressive performances from its trio of experienced players and a surprising lift from a freshman and trounced UNC-Asheville, 75-54, Friday ...

Asheville Splits Two On The Road
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
Asheville's Dan Beland opened the scoring on the night putting a rebound past Fayetteville goalie Chad Collins at the 2:34 mark of the first period. ...

Asheville residents find creative ways to help victims in Asia
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - The devastation from the earthquake and tsunami in Asia has sparked some creative relief efforts in this mountain city. ...

Asheville Tops Huntsville in OT, 104-102
WHNT - Huntsville,AL,USA
... Ala.) -- Antonio Meeking scored nine points in overtime and hit the game-tying jumper with :05.9 left in the 4th quarter to lead the Asheville Altitude to a 104 ...

Asheville needs to get serious - and spend money - to ease runoff ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By Asheville Citizen-Times. Runoff, known by ... In the case of Asheville, the destination is the French Broad River. Asheville is under ...

Big and small events shape lives as WNC looks to 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Asheville prosthetist Gregory Straub is donating a prosthetic leg worth about $9,000 that Downs should be ready to wear near the end of this month. ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... NBDL QUIZ: Kirk Penney was the first GATORADE Call-up of this season, but not the first to play for Asheville coach Joey Meyer. ...

Health personnel play huge role in bioterrorism vigilance
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... a biological agent into the air conditioning system at the Asheville Mall this ... shopping day and gone home to one of a dozen counties in Western North Carolina. ...

2004 NC politics was strange, busy
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... John Edwards' emergence as a serious presidential contender, and then vice presidential nominee, garnered media attention and helped put North Carolina on the ...

Background check laws conflict
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Most Western North Carolina nursing homes provide adequate care to residents. ... Janna Forst, 49, of Asheville said her father has had a positive experience in a ...

The top stories of 2004
Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount,NC,USA
... Chief Bill Hogan left the force to take over the chief's job in Asheville. ... prices topped $2 a gallon in some places in 2004 in North Carolina, including the ...

One set of rules for all political races, please
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By Asheville Citizen-Times. Two close elections for Council of State offices in North Carolina are becoming dangerously entangled in partisan politics. ...

No. 4 North Carolina 105, William & Mary 66
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Sean May continued his recent tear, scoring 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead No. 4 North Carolina past William & Mary 105-66 Sunday. ...

Unbeaten West Virginia visits North Carolina State
CBS Sportsline - USA
North Carolina State wants to quickly forget its last contest. ... "We were horrible," North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek said. ...

WILLIAM & MARY NORTH CAROLINA
ESPN - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC -- Sean May continued his recent tear, scoring 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead North Carolina (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
That's down from the year before and half the record high of 129 in 1993. Besides the overall drop, the number of Hispanics killed ...

North Carolina Agriculture Race Revote Ordered
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield,WI,USA
... "It's not what the voters of North Carolina deserve," Troxler said immediately after the ruling was announced Wednesday morning. ...

North Carolina 2005
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
The North Carolina economy has rebounded, and statewide unemployment has fallen, even if it remains high in some areas. Yet the ...

Big and small events shape lives as WNC looks to 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... We've lived in that house for 26 ... Biltmore Baptist Church in Buncombe County rented a theater for two nights before the official premiere of the film for preview ...

No. 4 North Carolina 105, William & Mary 66
CBS Sportsline - USA
Sean May continued his recent tear, scoring 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead No. 4 North Carolina past William & Mary 105-66 on Sunday. ...

Unbeaten West Virginia visits North Carolina State
CBS Sportsline - USA
North Carolina State wants to quickly forget its last contest. ... "We were horrible," North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek said. ...

North Carolina Agriculture Race Revote Ordered
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield,WI,USA
... "That means citizens of North Carolina will not only have to go to the polls again, they will ... He had hoped to have the race resolved before the state's Jan. ...

NC State linguists documentary highlights North Carolinas voices
Outer Banks Sentinel - Nags Head,NC,USA
A new documentary produced by a prominent North Carolina State University linguist examines the states diverse dialects and reveals how communities across the ...

North Carolina 2005
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Some states now spend more on Medicaid than education. North Carolina is not there yet, but the growth of health-care spending by the state is phenomenal. ...

ACC fans can switch focus to basketball
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Beginning Jan. 18, Florida State plays Wake Forest, Duke, NC State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina in succession in a brutal stretch. ...

SEEKING SEA SALVATION
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... In December, North Carolina adopted its 636-page Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, which provides the state's three coastal rule-making agencies with science ...

After two years, Dole steps into leadership role
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
... party position will not distract her from issues important to the North Carolina voters who elected her," said Schorr Johnson, a state Democratic Party ...

Population decline? It's the economy, stupid
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... has been a slow-growing state for decades. In America people move from cold, expensive states to warm, cheap ones. Think Florida, Arizona, North Carolina. ...

Health personnel play huge role in bioterrorism vigilance
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Saturday, every emergency room in North Carolina is required to initiate electronic reporting of certain emergency department data to a state repository to ...