North Carolina vs. Iowa State, 2:30 pm
CNN - USA
... game in 13 tries. Bucknell (23-9) is the first No. 14 seed to win since Weber State beat North Carolina in 1999. The Bison will try ...

North Carolina Rolls On
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA
North Carolina finally played up to its standards again, ending the postseason run of perhaps the NCAA tournament's most unlikely participant. ...

Florida, North Carolina Win in NCAA Tournament (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
... In other games, it was top-seeded North Carolina over Oakland University 96-68; No. 9 Iowa State over No. ... 10 North Carolina State over No. ...

North Carolina State 75, NC-Charlotte 63
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... career. Now, North Carolina State moves on to play Sunday against defending national champion Connecticut. "Last year's in the past. ...

Vallejo teen found safe in North Carolina
TheReporter.com - Vacaville,CA,USA
Authorities found a missing 14-year-old Vallejo girl unharmed late Thursday night in North Carolina, accompanied by a man suspected of picking her up earlier ...

North Carolina 2, Clemson 1
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
CLEMSON, SC - Andrew Miller allowed just two hits and one run in seven innings, and North Carolina beat Clemson 2-1 on Friday. Miller ...

Dubois takes Carolina job
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... years as president of the University of Wyoming, Philip Dubois was introduced Friday as the new chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. ...

OU's NCAA dream bursts in Carolina
Oakland Press - Pontiac,MI,USA
... "It will last a lifetime," coach Greg Kampe said after his 16th-seeded Grizzlies lost 96-68 to No. 1 seed North Carolina on Friday, ending their season. ...

Syracuse Regional: North Carolina 96 Oakland 68
WANE - Ft Wayne,IN,USA
After winning only nine games in the regular season, the Golden Grizzlies put together four post-season wins that landed them against North Carolina in the ...

Central reservations system a hit with park visitors
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... with a computer or telephone to make a single toll-free call or use the Internet to find out when each of the thousands of campsites, cabins, picnic shelters ...

Lodges whisper of woods, days gone by
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... the north woods. In the late '40s and '50s, the burgeoning middle class made resorts with housekeeping cabins popular. But their ...

Airmen hone combat skills at camp
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... GAZETTE. A row of brown cabins in the heart of Little Rock Air Force Base looks more like a summer camp than a training ground. But ...

Smokies still polluted, but air quality showing improvement
WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The air is a little cleaner and the view a little brighter in the Great Smoky Mountains. But the Smokies are still ...

Where: Cleveland, OH; Wolstein Center
Covers - Canada
... Those 18 ½ points were looking steeper than the Smoky Mountains after Wake Forest went to the locker room looking rattled and ragged and actually losing to a ...

Florida Tops Asheville 108-98 Behind Haston's Season-High 30 ...
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... Parker recorded his fourth double-double with 17 points and 10 assists helping the Florida Flame (12-27) earn their first win over the Asheville Altitude this ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
MAGIC 3: Asheville's magic number to nail down the third NBDL postseason spot is three (3). Any combination of Altitude wins and Fayetteville losses that ...

Winter in 2004-2005 was 10th warmest:
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[Technology News]: ASHEVILLE, NC,, March 18 : The winter of 2004-2005 was the 10th warmest on record, US weather scientists reported. ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
A Salisbury woman has been sentenced to at least 19 years in prison for shooting a West Asheville man to death and robbing him last May. ...

Will Graves: NBDL helping Kermit leave punch in past
Naples Daily News (subscription) - Naples,FL,USA
One minute he's flipping entry passes to Asheville Altitude forward Terrance Shannon, the next he's pulling aside guard Timmy Bowers and showing him the proper ...

Rock guitarist Steve Vai cranks it up at The Orange Peel
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... "You really have to separate him from the rest in a number of ways," said Robert DiMaio, a writer and recording artist from Asheville who also teaches electric ...

Ingles quarterly profits double
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
BLACK MOUNTAIN - Quarterly profits at Ingles Markets more than doubled, continuing a period of the earnings growth for the regional grocery chain, the company ...

South Africa Journal 5: Adventure and commitment
Raleigh Biblical Recorder - Raleigh,NC,USA
... the expansive reserve caters to tourists by offering luxury accommodations combined ... in the breeze, and high on a ridge, several blue wildebeest (also ...

Spring festivals, sightseeing and history in Georgia's southwest ...
Canada.com - Canada
... of Pine Mountain - pinemountain.org/ - can put you on the road to FD Roosevelt State Park, Georgia's largest, and also offers hotels, cabins and campgrounds. ...

Victoria Cruises Presents Exciting, Culturally-Rich Itineraries In ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - World
... Huangshan ("Yellow Mountain"), one of China's most outstanding scenic attractions ... deluxe style and décor from tastefully-appointed cabins and elegant ...

Gearing up for 'Festival on Neuse'
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... American Tool Rentals, King's Restaurant Inc., Tands/Bojangles Inc., Pride of Kinston, RA Jeffrey's Distributing, Wachovia, E & R Inc., North Carolina Natural ...

Florida Survives a Push to the Brink in the Second Half
New York Times - USA
NASHVILLE, March 18 - Florida Coach Billy Donovan was muttering to himself as he crossed the court and headed for a postgame television interview Friday. ...

Florida Tops Asheville 108-98 Behind Haston's Season-High 30 ...
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... Florida opened the third period on an 8-0 run , but Ashville responded with runs of 8-1 and 11-2 midway through the period to gain a 79-74 lead at the break. ...

'Polluted cabin air making pilots sick' pilots sick
Telegraph.co.uk - UK
Growing numbers of pilots are being taken ill after breathing polluted cabin air, according to the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa). ...

Log cabin called them
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... It sold in five days, and we moved into our log cabin. ... We love our log cabin and enjoy sharing our home with family and friends. ...

British Airways Accused of Labor Violation
Forbes - USA
British Airways PLC has been accused of violating the labor rights of the head of its Hong Kong cabin crew union, judiciary officials said Saturday. ...

Mail-order log cabins on the prairie
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... off the dog. Orvis partnered with Rocky Mountain Log Homes; 5 percent of profits will go to conservation efforts. The homes are ...

Get out there!
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... The expanded walk is a fabulous tree-shaded, creek-lined trail along Mountain Brook Parkway, past the mansion where part of the Arnold ... Campgrounds, cabins. ...

Mountain Areas Are Left Hanging
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA
... It's a three-mile uphill walk to get to the flat and the 82 cabins nestled in the woods beyond it. ... Wilson and cart them down the mountain to the camp. ...

America's Lost National Park: Glen Canyon Slowly Reappears
Frommers - USA
... territory are scarce, but Escalante has camping facilities, and Boulder Mountain Ranch (tel. 435/335-7480; www.boulderutah.com/bmr) has cabins that sleep two ...

Gunter baseball team run-rules Blue Ridge
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Sherman/Denison,TX,USA
BLUE RIDGE - Stuart Slakey pitched four shutout innings and hit two home runs as Gunter run-ruled Blue Ridge, 10-0, in five innings in District 15-2A action ...

News briefs
Prince William News - Gainesville,VA,USA
... Wine lovers planning to explore Virginia wine country this spring can save money and get VIP treatment by purchasing a new Blue Ridge WineWay Wine Lover's ...

Voyles defense wants mistrial, says ex-wife's remark went too far
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... On the day Maxwell was killed, Richards had been holed up for a month in a Lazy Mountain cabin with no running water, she said. ...

Children's adventure author compared to Jack London
Book Catcher - Surfside Beach,SC,USA
... LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF joins Anderson's previous books, NEWSPAPER CAPER, TERROR AT WOLF LAKE, NORTH WOODS POACHERS, MOUNTAIN CABIN MYSTERY, BIG RIG RUSTLERS ...

Theater, Kids, Festivals, Recreation, Sports (03/17 - 03/23)
Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville,NC,USA
... or MasterCard payment with an order form to: North Carolina Azalea Festival ... White Oak River Outfitters provides canoe and kayak rentals, instruction, shuttle ...

Grand Strand lends a hand: snowless days, sun and sand
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... I pull over to a rest stop somewhere in North Carolina. ... the beach -- long walks every day, a miniature-golf game or two, some movie rentals, reasonable eating ...

Church brings Branson to Bastrop tonight
Bastrop Daily Enterprise - Bastrop,LA,USA
... Mrs. Tharpe won the competition and earned a spot on the Smoky Mountain Hayride in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.,where she performed for many years. ...

Heart of a Hero - Blount's brave honored
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... the Adult Good Samaritan Award in recognition of his selfless act of courage in saving the life of a young man in a fiery accident at Smoky Mountain Racetrack. ...

Municipal court
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA
... dismissal; March 15. Drug abuse -- Angela M. Lawhun, 26, of Ashville, guilty, fined $100 and court costs; March 15. Two counts of ...

County officials agree on need for courthouse security
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
... central dispatch. Batemon said this is the first step in adding security to the courthouses in Pell City and Ashville. "We will ...

News of record
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA
... inches long. Grandparents are Jerry and Darleen Woodward, of Hallsville, and Rick and Sherrie Little, of Ashville. Great-grandparents

Cabin In The Woods
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
First I heard about some friends of friends finding a historic log cabin in the woods. Not just any woods, but hundreds of acres of pristine old-growth forest. ...

Cabin fever sets in
Times Online - UK
... It's strange how a pattern has developed in my free and single life where, like clockwork every five weeks, cabin fever sets in. It's quite disturbing. ...

Man dead after shooting at police
Vancouver Sun - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
OKANAGAN - A young recluse who barricaded himself in a cabin on Mabel Lake in the Okanagan after firing at civilians and RCMP was found dead early Thursday ...

A cabin in the woods
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... At my request, these nice folks are extending their winter specials for one more weekend: Today through Sunday, get a cabin at Patoka 4 Seasons for a steep ...

North Carolina State, Florida, Iowa State Advance
ABC News - USA
Mar 18, 2005 -- WORCESTER, Mass. (Sports Network) - Julius Hodge had a game-high 19 points and seven rebounds to lead North Carolina State to a 75-63 win over ...

Roy Williams evolves in two seasons at North Carolina
San Jose Mercury News - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC - (KRT) - Earlier this season, the North Carolina basketball players called coach Roy Williams and his staff into the locker room, where they ...

OAKLAND NOTEBOOK: North Carolina coach recalls near loss to No. 16
Detroit Free Press - USA
... 64 teams. That's 20 years, plus Thursday's games. North Carolina coach Roy Williams knows the statistic all too well. He almost ...

North Carolina and Central Alabama honored by ITA
Tennis Celebs - New York,NY,USA
SKILLMAN, NJ - The University of North Carolina men's and Central Alabama Community College women's tennis teams have been honored as this month's recipients ...

Federal Agent from North Carolina Remembered As Dedicated, Loving
Officer.com - USA
... About 1,000 mourners, including law enforcement officials from across North Carolina and Georgia, packed a chapel on the campus of Catawba College, many ...

Oakland coach Kampe gets Carolina game
San Jose Mercury News - USA
... NC - Soon after Oakland finished a surprising run through the Mid-Continent Conference tournament, coach Greg Kampe began thinking about North Carolina. ...

Newspaper: Dubois returning to North Carolina
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
University of Wyoming President Philip Dubois will be introduced today as chancellor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, according to the Charlotte ...

North Carolina Editor Stepping Down
Editor & Publisher - USA
... March. Rouse, started as a reporter for the News-Argus in North Carolina but left to join the Associated Press in Charlotte in 1961. ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, which provides money and staffing for The Center of Hope Clinic, recently announced it would withdraw its ...

Amber Alert issued for 14 year old North Carolina Girl
CodeAmber.org (press release) - Mandeville,LA,USA
The SILER CITY, NC police department and the state of North Carolina issued the Amber Alert after the girl was abducted in Vallejo California on Monday, March ...

Wreck shuts down portion of Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - A wreck on Sweeten Creek Road tonight has sent one man to the hospital and has closed a section of the road. A worker ...

Woman sentenced to prison term for West Asheville murder
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- A Salisbury woman has been sentenced to at least 19 years in prison for shooting a West Asheville man to death and robbing him last May. ...

Ingles earnings more than double as sales increase
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... significantly boosted sales in that period. Read the Asheville Citizen-Times or CITIZEN-TIMES.com on Saturday for more on this story.

DAILY BRIEFING: Unemployment increases in most WNC counties in ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... With a rate of 4.3 percent, the Asheville metropolitan statistical area -- which consists of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties -- no longer ...

Orr seeks big game
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
... He did a good job of that, recording a career-best and game-high five blocked shots in the Riverdragons' 111-103 win over Asheville. ...

Ingles Markets, Incorporated Reports First Quarter Sales and ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2005--Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTE) today announced increased sales and earnings for the first quarter ...

Mail-order log cabins on the prairie
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
By ERIN WADE / The Dallas Morning News. The 150-year-old Vermont sports outfitter is offering through its catalog a luxury line of ...

Comfy Payphone Cabins Rise in Sofia
Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria
A campaign for payphone modernization has started in capital Sofia, with the first ones of the new cabins already anticipating their clients. ...

Cabin In The Woods
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
... These affordable vacation homes are all cabins in the US Forest Service Recreational Residence Program. Created in 1920s to encourage ...

Logging In
philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Cabela's, the outdoors outfitter, offers a line of nine log cabin kits manufactured by Conestoga Log Cabins of Lebanon, Pa. These ...

Tombras Is Bullish About Black Bear
Adweek - New York,NY,USA
... "The black bear is the most recognizable icon associated with Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park," said Charlie Tombras, president and CEO ...

Home Federal's earnings down but 'respectable'
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Lacey, chief medical officer at the University of Tennessee Medical Center; James Hart, executive director of Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Homebuyer suffers after builder leaves
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... company president Malgorzata A. Kolodynski, 32, and her husband, corporate treasurer and vice president Michael C. Schuler, 44, both of Blueridge Drive, Moon. ...

Now, the million dollar question ...
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... confetti celebrations, holidays in Hawaii and luxury cars, for ... with Tony Barber, Daryl Somers, Glenn Ridge or Bert ... worked over to allow wealthy, blue-eyed boy ...

North Carolina favored to win NCAA title
Dowagiac Daily News - Dowagiac,MI,USA
... North Carolina seems to be among the favorites, but no one can count out the likes of Illinois, Wake Forest, Duke and Oklahoma State. ...

Watch what you wish for, Oakland; bad news, it's Carolina time
San Jose Mercury News - USA
BY MARK SNYDER. Are you the face half-painted sky blue for North Carolina or the other half royal blue for Duke? Will you cheer for either of those No. ...

HOFSTRA 12, NORTH CAROLINA 7
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... So he sent a cross-slot feed to Ryan Lucas for the most important goal in Hofstra's 12-7 victory last night against No. 15 North Carolina at Shuart Stadium. ...

March snowfall closes schools across Western North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
A blanket of snow that fell overnight created hazardous road conditions and closed schools today across most of Western North Carolina. ...

Bush Names North Carolina Native as New FCC Chairman
E-Commerce Times - USA
President Bush today elevated Federal Communications Commission member and North Carolina native Kevin Martin to chairman of an agency clamping down on ...

Kawakami arrives in North Carolina
San Jose Mercury News - USA
... So no, I was wrong: This is not the hottest space on earth, despite the imminent arrival of tens of thousands of Duke and North Carolina fans from all corners ...

North Carolina Tour Operators Win with Gambling Trips
Casino City Times - Newton Center,MA,USA
RALEIGH, North Carolina -- As reported by the News & Observer: "So many Triangle gamblers are packing Donnie Davis' buses to Harrah's Cherokee Casino that ...

Valley pros like N. Carolina, Duke
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... We like Illinois to come through the bracket, beating North Carolina in the championship. Doan, Clark and McCown have selected North ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
The state House approved a bill Wednesday to make it a crime if a driver and a passenger in an automobile wreck willfully switch places and flee an accident ...

North Carolina Coach: Cutting Buzz Was Wrong
WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA
Knoxville (AP) - Former North Carolina Coach Dean Smith says Tennessee should have given his former player, Buzz Peterson, another year as coach. ...

Team Leavenworth Mountain Sports finishes Winteroba in honor of ...
Checkpointzero.com - Adventure Racing News - USA
... Team Leavenworth Mountain Sports had snowshoes on hand but decided to leave them at the ... our way to CP11 which was at a cabin, in a sea of cabins near Gold Creek ...

Hail to the chef
The Vail Trail - Vail,Colorado,USA
Meals are served near the shores of Piney Lake, and cabins and teepees are ... and restaurant can accommodate groups of all sizes; only the clear mountain sky is ...

Project would protect historic gem on Wateree
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... the natural beauty and rich history, still alive in two slave cabins and the ... consists of two tracts -- about 2,000 acres north of Cooks Mountain and 3,200 ...

Road would change the landscape of recreation
Juneau Empire - Juneau,AK,USA
... road- and disabled-accessible US Forest Service cabins, scenic pullouts ... and possibly avalanche control activities, could impede seasonal mountain goat movements ...

Big Powderhorn Delivers Great Skiing
OnTheSnow.com - Orinda,CA,USA
... mix of hotel rooms, condos, and chalets; including 40-some trailside cabins that are ... large, dominating hotel; just lots of open space and great mountain views. ...

HABITAT HELPERS AT HANAPEPE
Lihue Garden Island - Lihue,HI,USA
... Most of the students arrived here late last week, and will be leaving by the weekend, staying at cabins at Kahili Mountain Park. ...

Royal Rangers Delayed Again
Mountain News - Lake Arrowhead,CA,USA
... to the above-stated amenities it would include swimming pools, a 491 space parking lot, a chapel for 75 people, a 25-yard archery range, 13 cabins for staff ...

Casper -- Thursday, March 17
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... March 25, Hogadon Ski Area, Casper Mountain. ... by March 28 for a summer class, "Yellowstone Experience," scheduled June 4-12 at the Pine Edge Cabins in Silver ...

Hot-air balloon provides cool view of Methow Valley
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA
... only sensory intrusion to our otherwise quiet sojourn over houses, cabins, barns, fields ... Looking off toward Gardner Mountain, it was hard to tell we were moving ...

National Online Apartments for Rent Locator Search Website ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... Apartment rentals and apartments for rent inventory can be found in ... Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon ...

NC schools out longer, so beach rentals stronger
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... rental agencies say they're seeing more interest in August rentals this year ... t had the same success in persuading lawmakers to follow North Carolina's lead. ...

Nine KHS juniors vying for 2006 title
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... President of Triple S. Rentals Inc., Spengler resides in La Grange with her ... A KHS senior, she represented Kinston at North Carolina's Junior Miss program in ...

State credit union gives `Triumph' to schools
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
The publication tells about the Wright brothers' exploits at Kitty Hawk from a North Carolina perspective. The SECU purchased the ...

Blue Ridge purchases Wal-Mart building
Demopolis Times - Demopolis,AL,USA
... Glen Wilkins, a spokesman with Wal-Mart's Community Affairs division, confirmed Monday morning that Blue Ridge Capital LLC has entered into a contract to ...

Outdoors notebook
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
Trout tournament: The seventh annual Smoky Mountain Spring Trout Tournament is drawing participants from 14 states for the April 2-3 event. ...

Pedestrian bridge, other downtown projects taking shape
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... Retail projects under construction are Arrow Exterminators, The Finish Line, Smoky Mountain Studios, Why Weight Women's Total Fitness, Buzztown Barber Shop and ...

Adventure travelers promote Alaska
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Adventure Travel in Kingston, Tenn., have been leading trips through the University of Tennessee/National Park Service Smoky Mountain Field School for more ...

Ear to the Ground
Knoxville Metro Pulse - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Called the Smoky Mountain Marathon "just for a name," the 1970s marathon ran in Knoxville for two or three years before traffic became a problem, whereupon ...

Banning school sports is an unfair way to raise daughter's GPA
Holland Sentinel - Holland,MI,USA
... Dr. Wallace: I'm 17 and seeing the sweetest young lady in Ashville. She lives about a half a mile from my house. ... Help! -- Nameless, Ashville, NC. ...

Improving courthouse security
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
... courthouses. He said a new security system at the courthouse in Ashville will be installed during renovation of the historic courthouse. ...

FAIRFIELD MEDICAL CENTER
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster,OH,USA
... Mary McComas, of Columbus. Judd Tyler, boy, Michael and Jyme Beth (Woods) Schooley of Ashville, March 9, 2005. Grandparents are Jim ...

Gunman holed up in cabin after Okanagan shooting
Vancouver Sun - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
VERNON -- An RCMP Emergency Response Team is at Mabel Lake in the north Okanagan where a gunman is holed up in a cabin after a shooting. ...

CINTI LOG CABIN GROUP PRAISES CALIF. JUDGE'S GAY MARRIAGE RULING
Out In America - Columbus,OH,USA
CINCINNATI - The Greater Cincinnati Log Cabin Republicans congratulated Judge Richard Kramer of San Francisco County's trial-level Superior Court for his March ...

Cabin boy who became youngest British PoW
Guardian - UK
... Mr Hipkin, a cabin boy in the merchant navy, had only been at sea for 21 days when he was captured by German forces and taken to a prisoner of war camp. ...

Walleye Tournament cures cabin fever
Bureau County Republican - Princeton,IL,USA
SPRING VALLEY -- Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit anglers know the cure for cabin fever -- it's called the Spring Valley MWC tournament -- a sauger factory ...

Alitalia Flights Grounded By Cabin Crew Strike
Airwise - USA
... layoffs. Cabin crews were spared job cuts after a deal with the country's largest unions that sacrificed part of employee wages. ...

Old Crag Cabin may be older than was thought
Rocky Mountain Outlook - Bow Valley,Alberta,Canada
Rodger Yule leads the old Crag Cabin down Bear Street in Banff to its orginal site on Wednesday (March 16) . The historic cabin ...

I've Had A Cabin Fever Relapse
East Mountain Telegraph - Cedar Crest,NM,USA
By John Brennan. Spring is officially scheduled to start Sunday, but don't believe it. I'm beginning to think this is the year it never comes. ...

Third cabin will be ready by winter
Boone Today - Boone,IA,USA
The Boone County Conservation Board opened bids for the cabin project during its meeting Monday night. Only one bid was received ...

Superjumbos should debut on Sydney run
Australian - Australia
... airline's Boeing 747s. The aircraft is distinctive because of its huge size and also the double-decker layout of the cabin. How the ...

New Asheville radio station debuts, bringing 'hot AC' format to ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - A new radio station has made its debut on the local airwaves, as Clear Channel Asheville changes formats on one of its two local FM frequencies ...

House-approved $18 million will upgrade US 19
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Pack Square in downtown Asheville is in line to receive $4 million under the House bill to relocate an existing parking garage and a road that cuts through the ...

Nypro to add 16 local jobs, invest $5 million in machines
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
AVERY'S CREEK - Nypro Asheville Inc. ... Nypro Asheville invested more than $8 million to open its plant in 1995 in the Vista Industrial Park on Brevard Road. ...

Dragons Offense Too Much For Altitude, 111-103
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
COLUMBUS, Ga.-- Six Riverdragons scored in double figures and Columbus earned its third straight victory with a 111-103 win over the Asheville Altitude on ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Duke University. Parents concerned about ongoing reforms at Asheville High School will have a chance to voice their opinions. The ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
IT'SA WINNER: Columbus assured itself of a winning season for the first time since the inaugural NBDL campaign by defeating Asheville on Wednesday. ...

Men's Tennis Resumes Competition This Weekend
Appalachian State University - Boone,NC,USA
... in the high country the Appalachian State University men's tennis team has been forced to agains postpone their match with UNC Asheville originally scheduled ...

Basalt urges golf club to chart new course with electric carts
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... week when the Planning and Zoning Commission and Town Council held a joint meeting on the club's proposal to add nine holes of golf and 24 luxury cabins to its ...

Yurts and more add lure to spring camping
Seattle Times - USA
... ice. In the past 10 years, Oregon Parks and Recreation has added 190 yurts, 56 cabins, 10 tepees and two covered wagons (above). ...

Home to farmland, vistas
Ynet - Israel
... In June 2000 Kibbutz Ein Harod opened its Country Guest House, 10 log cabins (furnished right down to whirlpools), that command a wonderful view of the valley ...

Acres of Smoky Mountains protected from development
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
Senator Lamar Alexander and several neighbors have donated conservation easements protecting 800 acres adjacent to the park. This ...

WCU beat the odds for first berth, has longer odds ahead
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... and with a coach who was an All-SEC point guard for Pat Summitt at Tennessee, the Catamounts were a perfect fit for an excursion across the Smoky Mountains. ...

Tips on bagging a better bird
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Roadside wildlife always is a curiosity regardless of whether the sighting is of a black bear in Smoky Mountains National Park, sparring bull elk in the ...

Italian cabin crew launch strike
BBC News - E,UK
Strike action by Alitalia cabin crews has caused disruption to air travellers and the cancellation of dozens of flights from Rome and Milan. ...

Possibilities in the works for historic log cabin
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
The new owner of a 1930 log cabin in Greenacres' original section has told the city that the public can have the cabin -- but only if the city pays to move it ...

Cabin Fever Bluegrass Festival hits Amanda-Clearcreek
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster,OH,USA
The Amanda-Clearcreek Band Boosters will present the 12th annual Cabin Fever Bluegrass Festival on Saturday at the Amanda-Clearcreek High School gymnasium. ...

How to take your cabin for a ride
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
... On the other hand, the intrepid ice fisherman is safely sheltered from the elements in his tiny ice fishing cabin, carefully monitoring his fishing lines from ...

Paguni puts The Cabin Restaurant up for sale
Record-Journal - Meriden,CT,USA
MERIDEN -- The owner of The Cabin restaurant has put the landmark up for sale in the hope he can "beat" the city's attempts to foreclose on the property. ...

Grizzlies Encroaching on Polar Bear Country
ABC News - USA
... professor at the university, had stopped last July at a dinky structure near the south shore of Melville, appropriately named "Polar Bear Cabin," when they ...

FireSmart employs creative strategies during abnormal winter
Jasper Booster - Jasper,Alberta,Canada
... They withdrew all work in more sensitive areas, such as behind Cabin Creek between the fireguard and the town just in the nick of time. ...

How to take your cabin for a ride
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
... a winter sport that is a little more civilized or at least warmer than hurtling down a mountain with a ... But how do those little cabins get out onto the lake? ...

Kersgaard: This kind of fishing is an icebreaker
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... the point, and those under the ice can be as wily as those swimming a mountain stream ... area, call The Fishin' Hole at 970-724-9407 or River of Life Cabins at 866 ...

Zoning change could alter community
Payson Roundup - Payson,AZ,USA
The change is being requested by Creekside Mountain Home Developers to accommodate a ... the time the project is completed, 41 existing trailers, cabins and homes ...

A new retreat and spa gets ready for May 1 opening
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... road that leads away from the bustle of civilization, a mountain retreat and ... 1, the resort encompasses 62 acres, with rustic log and stone cabins dotting the ...

Early Bird Gets the Worm: And the Best Camp Sites, Too
Frommers - USA
... It also lists rates and sites for pre-constructed tents and available cabins. ... nestled in a beautiful setting of rock fins with views of mountain peaks." Not ...

Smokeless Tobacco May Raise Heart Rate
FOX News - USA
... The smokeless tobacco used was Copenhagen moist tobacco snuff. The placebo was Smokey Mountain snuff, which does not contain tobacco or nicotine. ...

We've heard it before ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... A new potential buyer for Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley has emerged and seems to be the leading candidate," a Smoky Mountain News article stated. ...

Swain County theater to hold auditions
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
The Smoky Mountain Community Theatre (SMCT) will hold auditions for Robert Fulghum's "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," conceived and ...

Sylva leaders prepare for impact of Lowe's
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... other," Aust said. Another feature of the plan is realignment of the proposed exit from Smoky Mountain High School. Prior to Lowe ...

Swain residents reeling from property value hikes
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
By Becky Johnson . Staff Writer. Until recently, Swain County has been spared from the Western North Carolina real estate boom ...

Fabric of Franklin
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
By Sarah Kucharski . Staff Writer. This past December, as the damp, mountain chill set in and the town of Franklin geared up for ...

The Naturalist's Corner
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
By Don Hendershot. We started our discussion of frogs in the area last week with the two "true'" toads that inhabit our region ...

Loan Plus for small businesses
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
Small businesses and entrepreneurs could be eligible for a loan of up to $35,000 through the Mountain Microenterprise Fund. The ...

Civil War Round Table
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will host a program for the public on the South's famous charge at Gettysburg on Monday, March 21. ...

Biltmore revisited
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... largest private home, Bill Cecil Jr. made his way to the front steps of the Biltmore House Tuesday. "It doesn't get any better ...

From Everest to the Blue Ridge: Making the mountains home
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
... their translator. Nirish is enrolled at Blue Ridge Community College and hopes to enter a four-year program next year. "It is ...

Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Announces Investor Conference Call
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
CANTON, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2005--Blue Ridge Paper (Bloomberg: bluerd) Products Inc. announced today it will host a conference ...

'04 series champ wins two at Blue Ridge
Fauquier Times-Democrat - Fauquier,VA,USA
... point series races as 2004 ladies' timber and foxhunters' champ, jockey Molly Forlano dipped her toe into open competition at Saturday's Blue Ridge Hunt Point ...

Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Opens for 2005 Season
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
BLUE RIDGE, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2005--Visitors to Blue Ridge this month are in for a special treat! They'll have the ...

WHS softball team holds its own
Wickenburg Sun - Wickenburg,AZ,USA
... Coach Cindy Rodriguez noted the weather warmed up for the two-day event, which saw her team win games over Blue Ridge, Mingus (Cottonwood) and Cortez (Phoenix ...

Girls basketball: Broadneck's Brown triggers girls stars
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
... Mary's. Baker received the MVP award for the North squad, as the UNC-Ashville-bound guard had 12 points, nine steals and seven rebounds.

THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS ALL-METRO HONORABLE MENTION
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Chr., Sr.; Michael Hall, Thompson, So.; Ayron Hardy, Huffman, So.; Larry Hedden, Briarwood, Sr.; Jermale Jones, Minor, Sr.; Edron Lane, Ashville, Sr.; Corey ...

NC Central recruits students, academic ties in Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- For North Carolina Central University Chancellor James Ammons, as North Carolina becomes increasingly connected to a global economy, the value of ...

Nypro Asheville to add jobs, invest millions in new automated ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ARDEN - Nypro Asheville Inc. will add 16 technical jobs and invest $5 million in automated molding machines to create new packaging ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
SEEKING ASSURANCE: Columbus can assure itself of a winning season, its first since the inaugural NBDL season in 2001-02, with a victory over Asheville tonight. ...

City school board candidates discuss achievement gap ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Asheville City Council members asked questions on a range of issues when interviewing five candidates for the Asheville City School's Board of ...

Biltmore revisited
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Just as his grandmother stood at her front door in 1930, inviting the public inside America's largest private home, Bill Cecil Jr. ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
The Asheville-Mountain Area Chapter of the American Red Cross is offering free CPR classes in three different locations from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday. ...

WCU Baseball Defeats UNCA, 8-5
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
Asheville, NC - Western Carolina pounded out 17 hits, including three each by Tim Hallam, Steven Strausbaugh and Jonathan Greene, to hand UNC Asheville an 8-5 ...

Welcome to Swannanoa, WNC's next boomtown
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Today, the township is like the county's version of West Asheville, said Jon Creighton, director of Buncombe County Planning and Development department: a ...

Oakland now gets Carolina
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... of 65. Now they have a first-round game against top-seeded North Carolina on Friday night - in Charlotte, NC, no less. Oakland became ...

Kennedy Rockers mainstay for tiny North Carolina furniture maker
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... plant. The chairs are still crafted from the red oak harvested from Appalachian peaks in western North Carolina and Virginia. Not ...

North Carolina International Auto Expo Features Virtually Emission ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... week announced a landmark achievement that will help clean the air and protect the environment, as they introduced at the North Carolina International Auto ...

North Carolina Murder Suspect Arrested in Baltimore
WJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA
Baltimore, MD (WJZ) A former Annapolis resident charged with fatally shooting a woman over the weekend in North Carolina is in custody in Baltimore. ...

Winter storm warning issued for parts of Western North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
A winter storm warning is in effect until 6 pm Thursday for Western North Carolina counties along the Tennessee border, and the rest of the region also is ...

Carolina Battles Pride Wednesday Night On The Island
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
TAR HEELS HEAD TO LONG ISLAND SEEKING TO END LOSING STREAK: The 15th-ranked North Carolina men's lacrosse team will be looking to end a two-match losing streak ...

American Services, Inc. Expands in North Carolina
dBusinessNews Charlotte (press release) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... a leading security, janitorial and general labor employment services firm, has promoted Nicole M. Lowe to President of the company's North Carolina Division. ...

North Carolina 12-6, Princeton 3-5
philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... the ninth to lift No. 9 North Carolina to a 6-5 victory and a doubleheader sweep Tuesday of Princeton. Mike Daniel had six hits ...

Marvin Williams Series Day 4: Carolina Roots
Bremerton Sun - Bremerton,WA,USA
Before Marvin Williams plied his basketball skills in North Carolina, his father paved the way. By Nathan Joyce, Sun Staff. As Marvin Williams Sr. ...

Cuyahoga Valley National Park No.3 nationally in attendance
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
... National Park located between Cleveland and Akron ranks third nationally in attendance behind only the Grand Canyon and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Wade: Let's agree: Specialty tags raise needed money
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... sponsored the specialty plates. No group benefited more than Friends of Great Smoky Mountains, which received $530,387. But with more ...

We've heard it before ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... October 2003 -- "The owner of Great Smoky Mountains Railroad may still be interested in purchasing Ghost Town," a Smoky Mountain News article stated. ...

Conservation easements protect 800 acres near Smokies
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Lamar Alexander and several neighbors have donated conservation easements protecting 800 acres adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the ...

Second Time Around
Mooresville / Decatur Times - Mooresville,IN,USA
... Piper was excited when I told her that the route we'd take would allow her to see several different states, and even the Smoky Mountains. ...

Texas Ranch Provides Ideal Setting for Family Vacations
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... Accommodations at the ranch are provided by Deer Lake Cabins (www.deerlakecabins.com), which is owned in conjunction with Double S Ranch. ...

American Airlines to add first-class seats
Team 4 News - Harlingen,TX,USA
... 80s will have the new configuration by the end of April. The carrier is also adding seats back to Super 80 coach cabins as well.

Basalt golf developer aims to avoid employee housing fight
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... the town government consider the application for the employee housing separately from his application to add nine holes of golf and 24 luxury cabins to the ...

OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... with Bird Awareness Day, visitors can participate in fishing, hiking, mountain biking and ... public on the first Saturday of each month, and the cabins are open ...

Sled heads
Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA
... Brown's small Alaska company began selling out of the Mountain Madness snowmachine shop ... Road in Ninilchik will reveal a number of new cabins built specifically ...

North Georgia's Appalachian culture now is on the map
Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA
... The center features more than 20 historic or re-created cabins and other ... has helped record and preserve the cultural history of Rabun County's mountain people. ...

Spring festivals and sightseeing in Georgia's Southern Rivers
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... of Pine Mountain -- http://www.pinemountain.org/ -- can put you on the road to FD Roosevelt State Park, Georgia's largest, and also offers hotels, cabins and ...

Gaylord offers lots more than golf
MLive.com - MI,USA
... The park also has miles of single-track for mountain bikers, and the surrounding countryside has more miles of marked routes for street or off-road ... Cabins? ...

TUNNEL VISION
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
... Claudius Crozet, a French-born engineer once described as the best mathematician in the United States, guided the work at the Blue Ridge Tunnel. ...

UAE yacht builder now ranked with world elite
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
... Like its sister ship, the all-new Majesty Yachts 61, it features owner's and master's cabins, guest cabins, crew cabins, saloon, dinette, and galley. ...

Emergency: First step in treatment begins with chaos
Kashmir Live - India
... year-old Taro Devi, suffering from a cardiac problem, and 88-year-old Poorna Devi, who's had a paralytic stroke, are cramped on one bed at the recovery cabins ...

A new look
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... their size and newness. Even modestly sized replacement cabins loom large against this backdrop. Dennis Cozzetti, whose construction ...

Security alert in grain ship stand-off
Brisbane Courier Mail - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
... The 16 men, who have been on strike since Saturday, locked themselves in their cabins yesterday as union officials negotiated on their behalf. ...

Illinois, North Carolina, Duke, Washington are top seeds
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
... men's tournament Sunday. The University of North Carolina, Duke and the Washington Huskies were handed the other No. 1 regional ...

North Carolina has tough road to St. Louis
ESPN - USA
By Andy Katz, ESPN.com. This is the hardest region, even though the selection committee pegged No. 1 seed North Carolina as the second seed overall. ...

Carolina stays home, but backyard rocky
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
Roy Williams returned home to North Carolina to coach the Tar Heels two years ago. ... It looked ideal for North Carolina to waltz into the Final Four. ...

No. 9 North Carolina Tops Princeton, 11-4
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... to lead No. 9-ranked North Carolina (12-3, 1-0 ACC) to an 11-4 victory over Princeton (0-6) Monday at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar ...

South Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... He said lighter stone from North Carolina will be used in some areas to address a shortage of the normal stone used in the process. ...

Michigan St. joins LSU, Tennessee and N. Carolina as No. 1 seeds
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
... 1 seeds, as did ACC champion North Carolina on Sunday. ... 1s in order were Tennessee (Philadelphia), Michigan State and North Carolina (Tempe, Ariz.). ...

New steakhouse comes to North Carolina
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Buckhead Colorado Steakhouse could open on Concord Mills Boulevard in the Concord Station shopping center as early as June. ...

The View from Cumberland County, North Carolina On Revolutionary ...
uruknet.info - Italy
... It's in Fayetteville, North Carolina, home of Fort Bragg, the 82nd Airborne Division, the United States Army Special Operations Command, and Special Forces ...

Duke, North Carolina to share Charlotte as top seeds
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
Duke and North Carolina received Number One seeds on Sunday, and each were bracketed to play first-round games in Charlotte on Friday. ...

Dick Groat, North Carolina
CNN/SI - USA
By Frank Deford. Well, all right, Bill Russell wasn't that good a player as a college sophomore, but he was still growing and had barely learned the game. ...

Airline tells cabin crew to sit down as talks hit turbulence
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
Relations between Qantas and its cabin crews have deteriorated sharply after the carrier's Australian Airlines subsidiary sidelined the Flight Attendants ...

Portable cabin-style hospital ward is 'up to standard'
ic SurreyOnline.co.uk - Surrey,England,UK
HOSPITAL bosses claimed disgruntled but ill-informed doctors wrongly accused them of transferring elderly Epsom patients to a bleak portable cabin-style ward ...

Bryan log cabin moved out
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
If you head down Elm Street past Founders Plaza today, you should find something missing -- the replica log cabin of Dallas founder John Neely Bryan. ...

QM2 takes high-tech to the high seas
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
... At check-in, passengers are photographed and issued with an ID card with bar code and swipe strip, which becomes their boarding pass, cabin key and charge card ...

Findlay: Just too costly to repair log cabin
Beaver County Times - Beaver County,PA,USA
FINDLAY TWP. - Maintenance of local infrastructure has outweighed restoration of a historical log cabin in divvying up public tax dollars in Findlay Township ...

Homes now dominant feature on fire-ravaged mountain
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Fred Pace, a mountain resident since 1986, has a replacement cabin that's about the same size as the one that burned - 1,200 square feet. ...

1-800-Flowers.com Acquires Cheryl & Co.
Catalog Age - Stamford,CT,USA
... 1-800-Flowers, whose other titles include Plow & Hearth, The Popcorn Factory, and Magic Cabin Dolls, plan to grow sales at the $40 million Cheryl & Co. ...

Scab recruitment effort adds turbulence to airline cabin crew ...
Helsingin Sanomat - Finland
Emotions in the labour dispute between Finnish airlines and the Finnish Cabin Crew Union (SLSY) reached a peak last week when the employers' side sent staff ...

Cabin crew uniforms: How haute couture went on to even greater ...
Financial Times - UK
By Sarah Murray. Last month, as haute couture collections hit the runways during New York's fashion week, among the evening wear ...

Beating Cabin Fever at the Indiana Transportation Museum
Noblesville Daily Times - Noblesville,IN,USA
... Forest Park near the Transportation Museum. The Pierce family was experiencing "cabin fever," Brook Pierce said. So he and his wife ...

Business is a family affair at Biltmore Estate
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Everybody gave their houses to foundations or to the government," said Cecil Sr., who still holds the property title to Biltmore Estate. ...

Daily Briefing
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... ASHEVILLE -- The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority will hold its annual retreat Thursday and Friday at the Inn on Biltmore Estate. ...

Who was Lila Vanderbilt Webb?
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... the least-known Vanderbilts -- she was the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the older sister of George, who built the Biltmore Estate -- Ganger set ...

Homes now dominant feature on fire-ravaged mountain
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... He said economics are partly responsible. It's expensive to build on the mountain, and small cabins carry the heftiest price tag per square foot. ...

Big Mountain, county at odds over subdivision
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell,MT,USA
... Phases 2 through 13 of The Glades include 24 homes, 135 townhomes and 22 cabins on 55.7 acres in the vicinity of the Outpost on Big Mountain. ...

Downsizing reflects cooling of once-hot credit card lending
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
... building near US Route 1 and a smaller one at the top of the mountain, a soccer field with state-of-the-art all-weather turf, 40 luxury "cabins," a school ...

Trouble in paradise
Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
... Small mansions sit along the same rough road as prefab log cabins and jury ... They lived in Mountain View, Wyo., a place so cold during the winter "you could ...

Spring festivals, sightseeing and history in Georgia's southwest ...
Canada.com - Canada
... of Pine Mountain - pinemountain.org/ - can put you on the road to FD Roosevelt State Park, Georgia's largest, and also offers hotels, cabins and campgrounds. ...

Riding Death Road in Bolivia
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
... Road is only a faint brown scar cut into the luscious green mountain side. ... It is a piece of paradise with individual cabins scattered over the hillside above ...

Parents allowed
Inside Bay Area - CA,USA
... Park, and more convenient than organizing a camping trip, these mountain getaways a ... The camp offers individual cabins and beds, a fact that prompts Croley to ...

Fraternal Order of Police gets boost in membership
Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount,NC,USA
... was founded in 1915 in Pittsburgh, and the state order started in 1954 in Asheville. ... The group also has part-time access to a cabin, thanks to the Nottingham ...

Pamlico 911 system causes concern
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
... dates to spring 2001, has not lived up to its expectations, officials say, and the county has withheld the final 10 percent payment to an Ashville company for ...

Green Cars Today, Blue Skies Tomorrow Woman Wins a Hybrid as ...
Common Dreams - USA
... Beth Keefauver, of Ashville, NC, will soon drive home the contest's grand prize, a new 2005 Toyota Prius, for her slogan: Green Cars Today, Blue Skies ...

Trashers can clinch playoff berth this week
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... The current record is 2,641 set by the Ashville Smoke during the 2001-02 season. The Trashers currently have 2,427 penalty minutes. ...

Business is a family affair at Biltmore Estate
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... It took a little less than a decade of promotion before the Biltmore House turned a small profit. "It was $16.24," the elder Cecil said proudly. ...

Torino next hill for Miller to climb
USA Today - USA
... That's because Miller, 27, raised by counterculture idealists in a mountain cabin in Franconia, NH, without running water and electricity, is an unpredictable ...

Beyond the Slimy Wall
Box Office Prophets - USA
... whose story is at the heart of the film accidentally hit and kill a deer on their way to spend some quality time in a friend's mountain cabin in upstate New ...

Law Extending Summer Vacation Helps Tourism Industry
WTVD - Durham-Raleigh,NC,USA
(03/14/05 -- RALEIGH) -- Spring is not even here, but many North Carolina parents are ... Rental agencies along the coast say August rentals are filling up much ...

NC schools out longer, so beach rentals stronger
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Coastal rental agencies say they're seeing more interest in August rentals this year than in prior years at this time -- which ... "Our North Carolina families are ...

Death at Blue Ridge Paper under investigation by state Labor ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
CANTON - An investigator with the NC Department of Labor is at Blue Ridge Paper today investigating an accident in which a worker fell to his death. ...

New Blue Ridge superintendent well respected
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington,IL,USA
By Kelly Youngblood. FARMER CITY -- For newly named Blue Ridge school Superintendent Jay Harnack, one expectation overrides any other

Men's Tennis at UNC Asheville Postponed
Appalachian State University - Boone,NC,USA
by Appalachian Sports Information. BOONE, NC - Due to weather concerns the Appalachian State University men's tennis match at UNC Asheville has been postponed. ...

Asheville City Council to interview school board candidates today
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Asheville residents will get a chance to hear about the ideas and qualifications of potential members of the city Board of Education today as the candidates ...

Grrrowl acquire Colin Shields and Asheville duo
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... Pszenyczny and Kovalcik both come from the Asheville Aces of the SPHL. Pszenyczny has appeared in 50 games with Asheville this season ...

'Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner' Names Exec. Editor
Editor & Publisher - USA
... began her newspaper career as an intern for the Cincinnati Enquirer and worked as a reporter for the North Hills News-Record and the Asheville Citizen Times ...

Strong defense, Blackwelder's goal lift Asheville to win
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
SKYLAND -- With sophomore goalkeeper Jessamyn Weis in the net, Asheville High can make any lead stand. Weis recorded her fourth ...

Ingles Markets, Incorporated First Quarter Conference Call on the ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2005--Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ:IMKTE) will provide an on-line, real-time Web-cast and rebroadcast of its ...

Teams like Cougars, Bears come along rarely; they've set the bar ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... It was an uncharacteristically close game for Asheville, which had been walloping opponents by an astounding 35 points per game, but it was a familiar outcome. ...

Charlotte region's gas prices reach new high
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... 29. New highs also were set in the Triangle ($1.99), the Triad ($1.98) and Asheville ($2.02). Most SC prices are just short of record levels. ...

Daily Briefing
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... ASHEVILLE -- The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority will hold its annual retreat Thursday and Friday at the Inn on Biltmore Estate. ...

Bele Chere lineup sports familiar faces
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Lots of familiar names will play the 2005 Bele Chere street festival July 29-31 in downtown Asheville, including mandolin picker Sam Bush, the ...

‘Winter Storm Watch' Issued; ‘Significant Snow' Possible
Greeneville Sun - Greeneville,TN,USA
... to range from 2 to 5 inches across the northern Tennessee valley to 4 to 7 inches across the Northeast Tennessee mountains, the Smoky mountains and higher ...

Park volunteers honored for efforts in Smokies
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
More than 2,100 people donated their time and talents to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2004 - one of the largest volunteer efforts in the national ...

Spring getaway turns into rescue
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA
When six friends from Messiah College planned a week-long excursion into the Smoky Mountains, the goal was to get away from it all. ...

Terry Chandler: Artist
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
... We just never made the connection. For 10 years, we've been involved with the benefit telethon for Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Father, son escape harrowing Park crash
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... a father lost control of his motorcycle which sent him and his 6-year-old son tumbling into the Little River gorge Sunday in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

QM2 takes high-tech to the high seas
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
... and grandest" passenger liner in the world, a ship that has to handle the needs of 2600 passengers and 1250 crew, accommodated in 2000 cabins, with facilities ...

Homes now dominant feature on fire-ravaged mountain
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... He said economics are partly responsible. It's expensive to build on the mountain, and small cabins carry the heftiest price tag per square foot. ...

Small resorts look for help on PUDs
Brainerd Daily Dispatch - Brainerd,MN,USA
Small resorts, often with cabins built in the 1930s, are finding it harder to lure guests without upgrades with modern conveniences. ...

Do you really need the rock-climbing wall?
MSNBC - USA
... Originally built for the defunct Renaissance cruise line, the ship will be hop-on/hop-off, with its 86 cabins booked in two-night blocks, not for particular ...

Tigers Swept in Baseball Doubleheader at North Carolina
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
Chapel Hill, NC - The Princeton baseball team fell 12-3 and 6-5 in a pair of games against ninth-ranked North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium. ...

North Carolina offensive coordinator new Kentucky State coach
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
Kentucky State University has hired an offensive coordinator from North Carolina as its new head football coach. "I have watched ...

Sunshine Week: North Carolina's law on access to ballots
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
_ NC General Statutes say: Voted ballots shall be treated as confidential, and no person other than elections officials performing their duties may have access ...

HIV Transmission Among Black Women--North Carolina, 2004
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... 1 In North Carolina, black women make up a growing proportion of newly reported HIV infections and, in 2003, the HIV-infection rate for black women in North ...

Sociologists Track North Carolina Wine Industry
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise -- The number of wineries in North Carolina has more than tripled in the past decade. Ian Taplin and Saylor Breckenridge ...

Bradenton company adds North Carolina plant
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Tampa,FL,USA
Ameritex Technologies Inc. in Bradenton will open a facility in Hickory, NC for expanded production of its marine canvas accessories. ...

Conservative Blog Project for North Carolina
NCrumors.com - Lincolnton,NC,USA
by Jason Saine. NC Rumors has become a popular place for many conservatives throughout North Carolina to discuss issues and post in our forums. ...

Drive Home in a Lincoln Mark LT Autographed by Some of Country's ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... of the brand's heritage with luxury enhancements such as ... Opry Member - Tim Stafford Blue Highway - Gordon ... Jordanaires - Richard Sterban Oak Ridge Boys - George ...

Alitalia Strike Leads To Cancellations
Airwise - USA
Alitalia canceled 88 flights ahead of Wednesday's strike by cabin crews, and trade union leaders said the flag carrier was underestimating the fallout from the ...

Three former WBA players now with NBDL's Huntsville Flight
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... played for the WBA's Rome Gladiators, debuted last night for the Flight with 4 points and 4 rebounds, while fouling out of the contest, a 96-88 loss to Ashville ...

GOOD NEIGHBORS
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Birmingham AL 35202. D. Nolin, Ashville, 205-594-7202, wanted to buy pieces from the Sears Merry Mushroom collection. Although she has ...

Details: Spring Flowers
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tenn., spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, Monday, April 25 to Sunday, May 1; www.springwildflowerpilgrima ge.org ...

Airline cabin air 'no risk'
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... Pressurised airliners draw their cabin air through the engines. The air is heated, compressed and cooled, and then passed into the ...

Home blends French country, Colorado cabin
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... and decor for the couple. Karen says they went from farm house to a "French country-Colorado-cabin style.". Pine flooring in the ...

PRO-LINE`s New 32 Express
Boater's Life - USA
... sportfishing enthusiast who also enjoys extended boating excursions, the 32 Express combines hard-core fishing features with a luxurious, spacious cabin and a ...

You might make mistakes, but try again
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA
... When some friends offered me their cabin in Carmel Valley, Calif., for a place to get away and do some writing, I was thrilled. ...

Can you say three-peat, Asheville?
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
RALEIGH -- Multiply every emotion by three for the Asheville High girls, who left Reynolds Coliseum on Saturday night feeling like this championship was three ...

Asheville claims 3rd 3A girls' title
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
RALEIGH - Asheville won its third-straight NC 3A girls' title with a 72-65 victory Saturday against High Point Central (30-2). Danielle ...

Asheville grabs girls title in 3-A
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
Coach Sonita Gibbs of Asheville said her program is merely chasing the standard set by High Point Central. ... They (Asheville) made more big plays.". ...

Perfect endings: State titles extra sweet for Pisgah, Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Hours after the Pisgah boys finished a flawless 29-0 season by winning its first state championship in Chapel Hill, the Asheville High girls capped a perfect 32 ...

Foul Trouble Costly as Flight Loses to Asheville, 96-88
WHNT - Huntsville,AL,USA
(HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) -- The Asheville Altitude outscored the Huntsville ... The Flight held Asheville (21-15) to 6-for-20 shooting and just 19 points in the quarter. ...

Stewart legend in bus league
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... Stewart, a left-handed-hitting third baseman, hit .319 with 30 home runs and 101 RBIs in 2004 at Single-A Asheville of the South Atlantic League. ...

Asheville grounds Huntsville 96-88
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
HUNTSVILLE, Al -- The Asheville Altitude outscored the Huntsville Flight 32-17 in the second quarter, en route to a 96-88 victory in National Basketball ...

Green scores four goals
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Columbus broke open a tie game in serious fashion, scoring six goals in the final period to blow out Asheville 10-4. ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... Asheville F Terrence Shannon scored 18 and collected seven rebounds. . Huntsville C Earl Barron scored 18 and grabbed 15 rebounds. ...

OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... The Wehle Land Conservation Center, in the heart of the Forever Wild Wehle Tract, features a series of restored early-period log cabins with information on ...

Sled heads
Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA
... They also boast a couple hundred recreational cabins that dot the landscape and serve as a kind of wintertime community for the hundreds of riders who head for ...

Smokey Mountain rises in New York
INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines
... Set in the late 1980s, "The Female Heart" tells the story of two siblings, Angel and Adelfa, living in Smokey Mountain, the infamous mountain of garbage in the ...

3/13 LEAH DILL BLACKARD: Arts scene continues great run with huge ...
Corsicana Daily Sun - Corsicana,TX,USA
... This concert is sure to be the best yet to hit the Palace stage. "Smokey Mountain Rain" will be coming from the Palace and be on your mind long after.

WHERE TO FIND THE BLOOMS
San Jose Mercury News - USA
... 214) 515-6500. Festival of Flowers, April 2-May 1, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC; www.biltmore.com or (800) 624-1575. Ganna Walska ...

Details: Spring Flowers
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... 2707. Festival of Flowers, Saturday, April 2 to Sunday May 1, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC; www.biltmore.com or 1-800-624-1575. ...

Volunteers being accepted for next phase of Smokies project
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
KNOXVILLE (AP) -- The nonprofit research group assisting a massive cataloging of life forms in the Smoky Mountains will be training additional volunteers this ...

Stranded Appalchian Trail Hikers Rescued
WJLA - Washington,DC,USA
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Park rangers rescued four hikers Wednesday who had become stranded in snow in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Q&A with state Rep. Lewis G. Evangelidis
Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg,MA,USA
... young. Now with my kids, we take a different trip every year. Last year we went to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. We were ...

Insect invasion: Beetles make themselves way too much at home
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... are filled with windows and sunlight, and on clear days there's a bird's-eye view of the Cherokee National Forest and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Former NC editor to take post at Ocala paper
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
- Robyn Tomlin, a former city editor at the Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina, has been promoted to executive editor at the Star-Banner in Ocala, Fla. ...

Bele Chere announces headliner acts
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Many of this year's performers are well known to local music fans and have previously appeared in Asheville clubs and concert halls. ...

Submit your questions to candidates
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Do you want to know what candidates for the Asheville City Schools Board of Education think about standardized tests? ...

3-A 3-peat
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Waving three fingers in the air, a few dozen students, parents and fans welcomed home the Asheville High girls basketball team Sunday afternoon from a Raleigh ...

TAKING STOCK: Looking for standout business leaders
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Know a small-business leader in the Asheville area who is a true professional standout? What about a local woman who has excelled ...

Going 'round and 'round on roundabouts drives some people nuts
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
The results are in, and it's official now: Asheville absolutely adores the new traffic circle downtown. Really. I'm telling ...

Whiteside Mountain held special signifigance for both Cherokee and ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Alley's father, John, along with 7,000 others, had searched out Indian cabins in 1838 ... citizens paid for a road that led from Fifth Street to Whiteside Mountain. ...

Dover housing development approved
The Spokesman Review (subscription) - Spokane,WA,USA
... homes for people in search of river acreage and mountain views in a tranquil, rural setting. Dover Bay's first phase will include 100 condos, cabins and single ...

Mentor for Western North Carolina
Telegraph.co.uk - UK
... Running through much of Western North Carolina is the Blue Ridge Parkway, built mainly in ... property by non-US citizens and there are plenty of rentals available ...

Contributed by: Anonymous
Infoshop News - USA
... Asheville, North Carolina, Mar ... of the grand opening two weeks ago at 16 Carolina Lane, the ... to pregnant women; they also offer birth-tub rentals, sexual assault ...

Quantum announces 2005-06 season
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Quantum Theatre's 2005-06 season features play settings as diverse as South Africa in the 1960s, the Smoky Mountains circa 1950, Paris in the 1920s and mid ...

Whiteside Mountain held special signifigance for both Cherokee and ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Alley's father, John, along with 7,000 others, had searched out Indian cabins in 1838, surrounded them and provoked immediate evacuation. ...

What's new in Branson for 2005
Branson Courier - Branson,MO,USA
... bluegrass artists and rising stars including Blue Highway , NewFound Road ... with Mary Wilson, the Oak Ridge Boys, Tony ... a five-star, 18-story luxury hotel next to ...

Trout tournament to be April 2-3
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
By BOB HODGE, hodge@knews.com. The seventh annual Smoky Mountain Spring Trout Tournament will be April 2-3 in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. ...

Andrews hires Montgomery as football coach
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... With two years remaining in her high-scoring career, Smoky Mountain sophomore Cetera DeGraffenreid already owns school records for points scored in a game (46 ...

Grant top wildlife officer in the region
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
... April 1-3: Becoming an Outdoorswoman Workshop, Eastern North Carolina 4-H Center ... fee of $185 covers accommodations, meals, supplies and equipment rentals. ...

Georgia Tech Tops North Carolina
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA
Rashad McCants followed his North Carolina teammates through the tunnel toward the locker room, wearing a stunned look while biting the front of his white ...

Illinois, North Carolina, Duke and Washington head NCAA field
Sports Network - USA
Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Illinois, North Carolina, Duke and Washington are the top seeds for the 2005 NCAA Tournament. ... North Carolina (27-4), a No. ...

North Carolina, Mich. State, Tennessee, LSU get No. 1 seeds
USA Today - USA
... 1 seeds in the NCAA women's basketball tournament on Sunday, joined by ACC tournament champ North Carolina and a team not usually seen at that level: Michigan ...

Eight North Carolina church members killed in hotel shooting
WECT - Wilmington,NC,USA
Police say eight people have died Saturday from a shooting at a church meeting at a Wisconsin Hotel. That church group is based in North Carolina. ...

KU gets No. 3 seed, could face Carolina in tournament
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
All of the Roy Williams bashers might get their wish after all. Kansas and North Carolina could meet in this year's NCAA Men's Tournament. ...

NCAA Game Summary - North Carolina State vs. Duke
Sports Network - USA
Washington, DC (Sports Network) - JJ Redick poured in 35 points to lead fifth-ranked Duke to a 76-69 victory over North Carolina State in the semifinal round ...

Georgia Tech stings No. 2 North Carolina
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
Hakim Warrick had 20 points and 13 rebounds as the Orange (27-6) held off the Mountaineers (21-10) for the Big East Tournament title in New York. ...

Sallinger Powers No. 19 Tech Softball Past Carolina, 4-0
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
Jessica Sallinger threw a complete game shutout to power Georgia Tech to 4-0 victory over North Carolina. ATLANTA - Jessica Sallinger ...

#14 Notre Dame Downs #10 North Carolina 9-7 In The First 4
UND.com - USA
... and an outstanding starting debut from freshman goaltender Joey Kemp (Potomac, Md./Georgetown Prep School) for a 9-7 victory against #10 North Carolina (1-2 ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
The number of doctors publicly reprimanded by the NC medical board increased more than 60 percent last year compared with the previous year. ...