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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cabin Modification and reconfiguration for 2 Nouvelair A321 by ...
Luchtzak Aviation - Belgium
OO-VEX writes "Sabena Technics has announced today the signature of a contract for the cabin modification and reconfiguration of its 2 (ex-Sabena) A321 ...

Fight over materials seized from Unabomber's cabin reaches appeals ...
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... including a voluminous autobiography, a pipe bomb, a hatchet and notated copies of books such as George Orwell's "1984" seized from his Montana cabin in 1996. ...

Smoke fills cabin on ANA flight
Daily Yomiuri - Tokyo,Japan
... According to the airport office, smoke was first discovered toward the rear of the plane as it was climbing, and it eventually filled the entire cabin. ...

Dennis Anderson: Solitude is harder to find
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
CROSSLAKE, MINN. -- The notion that some people are cabin people and some are house people is no longer so much true in Minnesota. ...

Retired bush pilot killed by bear, son says
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Fort Smith, NWT -- A retired bush pilot who lived in a remote cabin was killed by a black bear, which in turn was killed by the man's son, the Mounties were ...

Log Cabin gets a seat at the table
New York Blade - New York,NY,USA
A state senator unsuccessfully tried to keep members of the Log Cabin Republicans from being picked as leaders of the state GOP. ...

Siddaramaiah, 5 ministers escape excavator crash
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
After performing the ‘bhoomi puja' for the launch of works, Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who sat in the cabin of an earthmoving machine for a ...

Dutch Cabin tops off bar scene with innovative Tex-Mex cuisine
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
At least The Dutch Cabin has log-cabin siding. ... The Cabin is draughty -- I counted 12 tap handles at the bar, one of which happily dispenses hard cider. ...

Killer bear taken down in NWT
Edmonton Sun - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
A 40-year-old man shot and killed a raging black bear that went after his mother yesterday at a remote cabin in the Northwest Territories. ...

Mom nabbed in hedge fund scam
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
... Yalincak yesterday morning at her home in Pound Ridge, said Lisa ... this month, Ayferafet Yalincak stood inside the blue Colonial on ... "Look at the luxury I live in ...

Complexities surround Redskins' Taylor
MSNBC - USA
... Parked nearby was Taylor's blue 2005 GMC Yukon Denali sport ... Taylor also spent time in a luxury hotel in ... At the Cutler Ridge police station about four miles away ...

Paris of the South
Washington Blade - Washington,DC,USA
... Most of the city's million-plus tourists include the popular Biltmore Estate (www.biltmore.com) on their itinerary, either as an afternoon jaunt or a primary ...

Hot sun and cool water -- summer means it's time to get wet
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... The class of rivers in Western North Carolina range from Class 1, which is barely ... Several local outfits offer canoe rentals on gentle water, such as Southern ...

Blue Ridge, Australian Ships Exchange Sailors
Blackanthem.com - Clinton Township,MI,USA
Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) swapped places with Royal Australian Navy sailors June 10 as the ship departed Sydney, Australia, with two Australian ...

Blue Ridge Equestrian Show Team Dominates At District Competition
Boone Mountain Times - Boone,NC,USA
Members of the Blue Ridge Equestrian 4-H show team are sitting tall in the saddle after dominating in the district competition and planning for larger events. ...

Waivers sought for development
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
... Developers from Blue Ridge Real Estate Corp., which owns nearby Jack Frost and Big Boulder ski areas, requested several waivers from the township. ...

Police Arrest 1 After Robbery At Bank Drive Up
Kansas City Channel.com - Kansas City,MO,USA
... arrested one person, but they are searching for two more people in connection with a robbery at bank drive up at 87th Street and Blue Ridge Friday morning. ...

Snyder named area's top girls track athlete
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... Smoky Mountain's Cetera DeGraffenreid -- A sophomore, DeGraffenreid ran a school-record time of 26.3 seconds in the 200-meter dash and finished 10th in the ...

Bible school listings sought
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... Officer Mike Williams responded to a report of a suspicious person at Smoky Mountain Auto, 2851 Winfield Dunn Parkway, at 11:10 am Tuesday. ...

Chiefs praise $300M TVA scrubber project
Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge,TN,USA
TVA directors Skila Harris and Bill Baxter, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke, Great Smoky Mountain National Park Air ...

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

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

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

Horses, Cowboys and Wildlife
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
... ranch from all over the country and the world to enjoy the wilderness and mountain serenity. We (Jim and Mary) hand built all the ranch cabins and lodge from ...

Our State's Best Family Fishing (And More) Vacations
West Virginia Game and Fish Magazine - WV,USA
... fine places in which to relax and unwind throughout our great Mountain State -- and ... The 2,134-acre Tygart Lake State Park features 11 deluxe cabins, a 40- unit ...

Fire crews battle several Yukon blazes
CBC North - Canada
... Both are burning in wilderness areas and are not threatening any homes or cabins. ... credit for putting out a forest fire burning in the Pilot Mountain Subdivision ...

Treasuring Island Life: How To Really Get Away From Everything
TheDay (subscription) - New London,CT,USA
... relatives pay about $2,200 to stay 2,000 feet offshore in log cabins on Foley ... feet offshore in Quaddick Pond, sits a solar- and propane-powered mountain chalet ...

Soga's saga captivates some in rural North Carolina
Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan
WELDON, North Carolina -- While much of the American media has centered on the dramatic homecoming of Charles Jenkins, a former US Army sergeant who deserted ...

Barnes beats out North Carolina, UConn for Durant
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... Durant, a 6-9 forward from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, picked Texas over North Carolina and Connecticut, the winners of the last two national championships. ...

AP , PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
Tiger Woods hit a tree, muffed a pitch, missed eight fairways and seemed always to be pondering a way to get out of his next jam. ...

Warhawks boys off to North Carolina
Bloomfield Journal - Bloomfield,CT,USA
Warhawks boys' track head coach Garfield White was reasonably pleased with his team's performance last Saturday, June 11, 2005 at the 60th New England ...

Those with North Carolina ties
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
It was such a rough day at the US Open for golfers with North Carolina connections, none of them could be around for the weekend. ...

Two animal rights workers arrested in North Carolina
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
Police say the two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, were charged after allegedly dumping dead dogs and cats in a shopping ...

PINK MARTINI TO PERFORM WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY JUNE 25
NCSymphony.org - USA
Somewhere between a 1930s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical chamber music ensemble, a Brazilian marching street band and Japanese film noir is the 12-piece ...

Montana and North Carolina teens named Youth Leaders of the Year
Bowl.com - Greendale,WI,USA
... fall. Pittser, 18, has been active in both the Charlotte YABA Youth Leaders and the North Carolina YABA Youth Leaders for two years. ...

SC Sheriff upset North Carolina didn't issue Amber Alert
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
When a 2-year-old girl went missing from her family's lakeside home just minutes from the North Carolina state line, South Carolina authorities issued an Amber ...

Schu wants ten titles
Home of F1 - UK
... press conference at Indy. Schumacher, 36, has just got back from a motorcycle tour from Ashville to the Brickyard. And, although he ...

Bridgestone Q&A with Michael Schumacher and Hiroshi Yasukawa
pitpass.com - UK
... countrywise. We just came from a tour with the bikes from Ashville up to Indianapolis, and we stayed in this Blue Ridge Parkway area. ...

Kid Rock sued by man he punched
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
ASHVILLE, Tenn. - A disc jockey has sued Kid Rock for $575,000, claiming the singer punched him at an adult entertainment club in February. ...

Asiana Cabin Staff Voted World's Best
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
Asiana Airlines' cabin staff has been named the world's best in 2005 by aviation market researcher Skytrax of London. Asiana ...

$20,000 will be used to help restore 1820s cabin
Palladium-Item - Richmond,IN,USA
Thousands of area youngsters on school field trips have imagined themselves dwelling in the Solomon Dickinson cabin at the Wayne County Historical Museum. ...

Details on cult chiller BORDERLAND
Fangoria - USA
The movie stars (above, left to right) Brian Presley, Rider (CABIN FEVER) Strong and Jake Muxworthy as a trio of Texas University seniors who head south of the ...

Aussies speak of chopper ordeal
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... this shouldn't be happening -- I thought maybe everything would be all right but then we started to head towards the water and on impact the cabin just filled ...

Boeing displays B/E Aerospace seats on new 777 jet
Triad Business Journal - Greensboro,NC,USA
... The jet will feature B/E's lie-flat MiniPod seats in the business class sections of the aircraft's cabin. The 777 will come out in about another two years. ...

From correspondents in Pinehurst, North Carolina
FOX SPORTS - Australia
THE United States Golf Association (USGA), stung by criticism, has taken steps to ensure fair playing conditions for tomorrow's US Open. ...

US Open Golf Lands in North Carolina, in Rare Southern Stop
Bloomberg - USA
Turns out, weather is the reason the US Open -- which begins today in Pinehurst, North Carolina -- rarely comes down South for a visit. ...

City of Durham, North Carolina Selects MUNIS(R) Software From ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
(NYSE: TYL - News) announced today that the City of Durham, North Carolina has contracted to purchase financial-based software from its MUNIS® division. ...

North Carolina the next BR stop on prosperity tour
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
One of the undeniable success stories of the new South has been North Carolina. The state became, in the course of the past half of the last century, a magnet ...

North Carolina producer sees good things in post-buyout period in ...
Southeast Farm Press - USA
In the crisis-ridden land of tobacco, there's hope that shedding the tattered security blanket of the federal program will be tantamount to elevating the ...

North Carolina's humidity has helped knuckleballer Haeger of the ...
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Salem Warthogs. Haeger, specifically, loves what the steamy North Carolina humidity does for his money pitch - the knuckleball. It ...

Defending National Champion North Carolina, Several Rivalry Games ...
UCSBGauchos.com - USA
A road game at defending National Champion North Carolina, the renewal of a number of traditional rivalries and an appearance in ESPN's Bracket Busters ...

Planners to meet Monday
Main Street Newspapers - Jefferson,GA,USA
... Ida B. Cook, owner, and Blueridge Development, developer, are seeking annexation and rezoning of 42.31 acres located on Maddox Road from A-2 to R-4 for ...

Firefighters receive first-class accommodations at local site
Mohave Valley News - Laughlin,NV,USA
... "This is a true luxury for us ... Blue Ridge Hot Shot John O'Dell said the food and the facilities have been "spectacular" as he loaded his plate with salad Tuesday ...

Gilded Age living
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Much like the rich family that lived at the famed Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, affluent James and Sallie Dooley occupied the upper part of the elegant ...

Three Firms To Present at Blue Ridge Angels Event
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill,SC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- Three companies will make business plan presentations at a Blue Ridge Angel Investor Network session on June 21. The ...

Community Groups
Clarke Times Courier - Berryville,VA,USA
Horseshoe Curve Benevolent Association: June 25 from 2 - 10 pm will be the 13th annual fund-raiser for Blue Ridge Fire and Rescue. ...

FileTrail, Inc.'s File Management Solutions Saves the Day for ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2005 -- Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare (BRBH), a mental health provider to patients in Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke counties ...

FISHING REPORT
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Outlook: Wyandotte Boat Rentals: catfish good early and late on a variety of baits along ... fair to good on jigs, minnows in deep water on the north end; walleyes ...

A lens look from top of Ol' Smoky
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... In addition, there are numerous pictures of early members of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, another champion of the cause to preserve this gem for future ...

Outdoor Calendar
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
* Smoky Mountain Field School will sponsor the following outdoors programs and activities: visual tracking on June 18, hiking on June 25. ...

TDOT accepts recommendations for Hwy. 321
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
... A painted facade resembling stone parapet walls inside the Great Smoky Mountain National Park for the surface of the parapet walls. ...

Is asphalt better than concrete?
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
On a recent trip from Hampton to Asheville, NC, I noted that there was no construction going on in Virginia, while there was construction virtually everywhere ...

Outdoor bulletin board
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... The Rocky Mountain Gun Club is ... The National Park Service and Bridger-Teton National Forest also host open houses at nearby patrol cabins. Info: (307) 527-7125. ...

75 Summer Adventures
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA
... Cabins, which hold between four and six people, make good base camps for hiking, fishing or ... Try not to get lost on the 50-mile web of mountain bike trails on ...

One Huck of a weekend: Annual jubilee celebrates 29th year
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
... and merchants tell tall tales and offer goods for sale at Mountain Man Village ... Championships and activities from building river rafts and log cabins to climbing ...

Family affair for trading post, RV campground
Canon City Daily Record - Canon City,CO,USA
Kim and Sid Ducharme, along with their son, Drew, recently purchased Mountain View Trading ... is open year around with 33 RV spots and four cabins, including six ...

Need limbo lessons? Go hiking
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
... Old Mill Trail: This easy trail can be accessed from the lower cabins that look ... folks, who would gather to have their corn ground and play mountain music while ...

Visual Arts
Columbus Dispatch (subscription) - Columbus,OH,USA
... Corner Grind, 3 Long St., Ashville -- Portrait, landscape and still life paintings by Susan Mooney, nature-inspired paintings and stone sculpture by Helen ...

A lens look from top of Ol' Smoky
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
I know how you can enjoy the highland grandeur of Great Smoky Mountains National Park without fighting traffic, breaking a sweat or swatting gnats. ...

TDOT alters road project to ease residents' worries
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
The state has agreed to modify a highway widening project bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The change is being ...

Women's work
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
The century-old buildings at the Mountain Farm Museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will relive history from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday as Park staff and ...

EPA guidelines aim to clear air in parks
USA Today - USA
Haze that clouds vistas at the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains and other national parks should begin to clear under federal rules designed to cut air ...

Developers Announce Entertainment, Retail, Lodging Projects Valued ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - World
... that call for more than a half a billion dollars in investment and more than 3,000 new jobs in this resort city next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Forest Service tweaks fee program in Northern Region
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
... continue. Fees at two cabins in the Northern Region are ending, as well, but several other cabins are joining the fee list. Forest ...

Blog Cabin
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
Blogs can be endless and self-indulgent, or thoughtful and challenging. "Blog Cabin" offers a selection from recent high-profile blogs. ...

LEMONADE CHICKEN WINGS
Kansas.com - KS,USA
This tasty marinade can be used for pork or chicken and results in juicy and tender grilled meat. It's from "The Seasonal Cabin Cookbook" by Teresa Marrone. ...

ReServe Interactive software used to manage Super Bowl XXXIX ...
Restaurant News Resource - Lindsay,ON,Canada
... With large corporate sponsor groups in attendance, ReServe will coordinate cabin assignments, corporate events and dining reservations for each group. ...

Bell/Agusta Unveils First AB139 Helicopter For Emercency Medical ...
Rotorhub (press release) - UK
The internal dimensions of the large and unobstructed AB139 cabin make it an ideal choice for primary and secondary EMS applications. ...

Paris Air Show/Bombardier Sells First Challenger 850 Corporate Jet
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Its advantageous low direct operating costs, proven reliability and superior cabin comfort, are an ideal match for the corporation's mission requirements. ...

Continental Adds First-Class Seats
WebFlyer - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
... expanded. Continental's Boeing 757-300 aircraft are currently equipped with 12 seats in the first class cabin and 210 in coach. ...

Primrose monument marks where La Follette was born
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
... It is where Robert Marion La Follette was born. "Fighting Bob" La Follette came into this world 150 years ago today in a two-room cabin that no longer exists ...

Asheville hires lobbyist to tout water agenda
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- City leaders have agreed to spend up to $30,000 of taxpayers' money to hire a Raleigh lobbyist to fight for Asheville's interests in the ...

Online posts spark child porn case
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Editor's note: This article contains a graphic description of images the State Bureau of Investigation says it found in charging an Asheville man with sexual ...

Now showing in Hendersonville
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... "People in Hendersonville don't have a lot of choice for films," said Neal Reed, who manages the Fine Arts Theater in Asheville. ...

Hobgood's Deal
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
What Hobgood would get is a teaching job at the University of North Carolina at Asheville at 60 percent of his current salary, or $103,350 annually. ...

GreenJackets Edge RiverDogs, 8-7, in 11 Innings
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... Greenville. Rome and Asheville are still alive in the race, but the RiverDogs have a magic number of one to eliminate each of those teams. ...

Hikers get lost in rugged NC mountains
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
(ASHEVILLE) - Two students out for a day hike in Haywood County got lost and lived on ... The students at the University of North Carolina at Asheville got it. ...

COVER STORY: Hospice workers help patients, families prepare for ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- At a time when most people are hitting the snooze button, Francina Johnson is taking report. It's 7:05 am, and Brenda ...

Railroad Enthusiasts Make Tracks to The Smoky Mountains
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... Located less than 9 miles from Asheville, NC, this unusual vacation cabin offers in-caboose amenities such as a free continental breakfast, central heat and air ...

Army deserter arrives back in his native North Carolina
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
By ALLEN G. BREED. Army deserter Charles Jenkins reunited Tuesday with the mother he left behind, on the soil he forsook 40 years ...

Carolina Leadership Academy Recognizes Top Tar Heels
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC -- North Carolina recently honored its top student-athlete leaders following the inaugural year of the Carolina Leadership Academy, a unique ...

Sheena Easton Tells the Tale of Joseph for North Carolina Theatre ...
Playbill.com - New York,NY,USA
Pop star Sheena Easton will play the plucky narrator in North Carolina Theatre's July 9-17 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the ...

Stanford Cancer Program Recruits Top Scientist from North Carolina
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, when Beverly Mitchell, MD, the associate director of the University of North Carolina's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer ...

Local contestants vie for Miss North Carolina
Up & Coming Magazine - Fayetteville,NC,USA
... women, Miss Fayetteville Brooke McLaurin and Miss UNC-Pembroke Morgan Brittney Hunt, will be competing for the crown of the next Miss North Carolina at the BTI ...

North Carolina Eastern Region's board of directors faces ...
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... have two appointments. North Carolina's Eastern Region is one of seven regional economic development partnerships. The partnership ...

Jenkins visits home in North Carolina, US
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... replied, ''Of course.''. When asked by another journalist how it felt to be in North Carolina again, he said, ''Very good.''. He was ...

North Carolina Gov. Reappoints Six to Emergency Response ...
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... Carolinas. He is one of the original 50 paramedics in North Carolina and chairman of the NC Association for EMS Administrators. ...

Base Commanding General North Carolina's highest honor
Marines Online - USA
... The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is presented to individuals who have a proven record of service to the state of North Carolina and is the State of North ...

"Arlene" Floods Strand Western North Carolina Residents
WHNS - USA
Many areas in Western North Carolina had been under flood warnings and while those warnings have since expired, some people are still waiting for flood waters ...

Iowa will get a new destination resort
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... measure, a special authority will be formed to issue the bonds and oversee construction of the resort, which will include a campground, resort, cabins and a ...

Gunfire ruining caliber of life for Discovery Bay residents
Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News - Port Angeles,WA,USA
DISCOVERY BAY -- From the quiet, scenic bluff of Chevy Chase Beach Cabins, Barbara Bailey wonders if the machine gun and semi-automatic weapons she has heard ...

HIV experts wait for government endorsement of North Carolina test
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
Three years after a much-heralded HIV test uncovered an outbreak among black male college students in North Carolina, the promising test still isn't being used ...

North Carolina Retailers Put Their Finger on a New Form of Payment
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
"As the first retailer in North Carolina to adopt biometric payment technology, we are providing our customers with the most secure payment method available and ...

North Carolina sues to stop sale of pills
Raleigh Triangle Business Journal - Raleigh,NC,USA
RALEIGH - North Carolina's Office of the Attorney General filed suit Wednesday to stop a group of companies from selling health supplement pills. ...

North Carolina's Williams courted for Lakers position
OCRegister (subscription) - Orange County,CA,USA
... 1 choice, but the Lakers talked to several big-time coaches to see if they were interested in the job, including North Carolina's Roy Williams. ...

Unlawful Killing Verdict on Skipper Battered in Cabin
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
By Chris Court, PA. A verdict of unlawful killing was recorded today on a Filipino oil tanker skipper who was stabbed and battered to death in his cabin at sea. ...

Fire destroys hunting cabin
Tunkhannock New Age Examiner - Tunkhannock,PA,USA
... The two-story wood cabin was reportedly owned by a group of men from Philadelphia, who called it Kodiak Bear Lodge. ... The cabin was a total loss. ...

'Cabin cuisine' means simple ingredients, easy prep
Kansas.com - KS,USA
Summer getaways to the cabin shouldn't leave cooks working as hard in the kitchen as they do at home. ... Food tastes better at the cabin anyway.". ...

YEMEN AIRWAYS selects 45 Frankfinn students for Cabin Crew
Press Trust (press release) - Bombay,India
... The leader in ‘Basic Cabin Crew Training', Frankfinn is equipped with the best trainers from the Aviation and Hospitality services industries, and a ...

Fight path grounds Qantas cabin crew
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
... Yesterday Qantas confirmed a pilot -- who was suspended three months ago after a wild fight in a Tokyo nightclub that left a cabin attendant in hospital ...

Qantas crew stood down over fight
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The fight was believed to have broken out between two cabin crew and a second-officer in a room at the Bonaventure Hotel in central Los Angeles on Saturday ...

Fire destroys contents of Girdwood cabin
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Girdwood, Alaska - A fire in Girdwood Tuesday night destroyed the contents of a cabin and sent one firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries. ...

Cabin Fever at Discovery Park
Muscatine Journal - Muscatine,IA,USA
Kevin White, left, Keith Rozier and Jake Jacobson, all of Malone Design Fabrication of Atlanta, Ga., build a Hunter's Cabin, one of the new exhibits at the ...

Connecticut woman swaps land with government
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... a land swap and donation to the US Forest Service that would increase public holdings by 250 acres, receiving in return other land and a rental cabin about 40 ...

Business Briefs
TimesCommunity.com - Leesburg,VA,USA
... The Shelter Group--a nationally known developer and manager of luxury apartment communities ... From mountain views in the Blue Ridge to the beautiful coastline of ...

Blue Ridge Academy parents assail Roanoke School Board
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
Parents of Blue Ridge Technical Academy students lambasted the Roanoke School Board on Tuesday night before the board voted unanimously not to renew the ...

Railroad Enthusiasts Make Tracks to The Blue Ridge Mountains
Pressbox.co.uk (press release) - London,UK
Nestled in the peaceful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina (WNC), the Cozy Rose Southern Express Caboose Lodge is a historically correct, X-153 Red ...

Whoop-de-Cue: BBQ grand champs
Tryon Daily Bulletin - Tryon,NC,USA
... Whoop-De-Que turned up the heat a few notches this year to earn the North Carolina State Barbecue Championship at the 12th annual Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival ...

Oldest person in Colorado dies at 111
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... She grew up in Georgia, on the family's farm near the Blue Ridge Mountains. She would later recount mule trains and buggies, hard work and hard times. ...

For perfect smoked meats, grill power is not enough
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... the other. The most devoted barbecue aficionado, however, should consider Weber's bullet-shaped Smokey Mountain Cooker. The coals ...

A Smoky Mountain conflict without villains, except the federal ...
Knoxville Metro Pulse - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Monteith led a group of about 20 to the North Shore of Lake Fontana, a 10,000-acre reservoir along the southern border of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park ...

Vendors wanted for September's RailFest
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's Railfest is issuing a last call for arts and crafts vendors to exhibit during the three-day September festival. ...

The Naturalist's Corner
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
By Don Hendershot. It's not extinct and it's not an ivory-billed. It is, however, on Audubon's species of special concern list ...

Swain theater to host monologue by playwright and author Gary ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
The dramatic monologue by Sylva author and playwright Gary Carden, "The Prince of Dark Corners," will be produced at the Smoky Mountain Community Theater ...

Memorial planned at BC activist's grave on a day honouring fallen ...
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... The events that would end on a mountain trail began the previous year. ... Sometimes, the draft dodgers broke into local hunting cabins for provisions. ...

Myles Standish State Forest offers snapshot of ecological history
Worcester Telegram (subscription) - Worcester,MA,USA
... "I love to go bike riding, but I'm not a mountain biker," said Nelson ... there's plenty of room for livelier recreation at the five camping areas, cabins and pond ...

Couple rebuilds a dream, 1 log at a time
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Standing beside him is Aubrey Thomas, looking the very picture of a mountain man with his ... There were two old log cabins and a log barn on the property, and the ...

Analysis complete on Kootenai National Forest
Kootenai Valley Press - Boundary County,ID,USA
... REA. For example, camping fees and cabin rental fees will continue to be charged in order to provide services at those sites. The ...

TVA touts $300 million scrubber for coal plant closest to Smokies
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... announced Wednesday a $300 million project to cut smokestack pollutants at the coal-fired power plant closest to the often-smoggy Great Smoky Mountains. ...

Vendors wanted for September's RailFest
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's Railfest is issuing a last call for arts and crafts vendors to exhibit during the three-day September festival. ...

The Naturalist's Corner
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... Records from the Smoky Mountains around the turn of the 20th century list the red-headed woodpecker as a fairly common nester at lower elevations. ...

Outdoor Calendar
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... 865-974-0150, www. outreach.utk.edu/ppd. * Smoky Mountains Hiking Club will coordinate the following hikes: Gregory Bald Loop from Twentymile Ranger Station on ...

Railroad Enthusiasts Make Tracks to The Smoky Mountains
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... If you can pull yourself away from the comfort and luxury of your historic ... The Blue Ridge Parkway is also nearby, offering easy access to a peaceful scenic ...

Proudly hosted by IGN FAQs
IGN - Brisbane,CA,USA
... Rose Square 4.Buy from Won 5.Buy from the Horse Races 6.The Library, Second Floor, Bottom Row, Middle Shelf 7.Check the Calendar in the Mountain Cabin 8.Win ...

Dean takes job in North Carolina
In-Forum (subscription) - Fargo,ND,USA
... White is a native of Asheville, NC, and his wife is originally from Valdese, NC Both of their parents still live in the state, he said. ...

WNC HEALTH CALENDAR
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Send items for the health calendar at least two weeks in advance to Health Calendar, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802; fax to 251-0585 ...

Railroad Enthusiasts Make Tracks to The Smoky Mountains
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... Located less than 9 miles from Asheville, NC, this unusual vacation cabin offers in-caboose amenities such as a free continental breakfast, central heat and air ...

Arlene Swells Streams In NC
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
Asheville, NC -- Rain from the leftovers of Tropical Storm Arlene continued falling this morning in western North Carolina's mountains. ...

Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. Enters Negotiations to ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2005--Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets: HISC) announced today that ...

Well-traveled minister settles in Danbury
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
... Maddox was an associate pastor at a church in Asheville, NC, for four years before she received a call from King Street United Church of Christ. ...

'Blue Ridge, 7th Fleet Visit Sydney
Blackanthem.com - Clinton Township,MI,USA
USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked US 7th Fleet staff departed Sydney, Australia, June 10 after completing a successful seven-day visit that focused on ...

Board to decline new charter for Blue Ridge school
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
The Blue Ridge Technical Academy will fade into history tonight if the Roanoke School Board declines, as expected, to renew its charter. ...

Chimney Rock sights include peregrine pair
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... to ride the elevator to the top of the namesake rock, hike the cliff trails, and take in spectacular views of nearby Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge escarpment. ...

Deadly shooting
Hickory Daily Record - Hickory,NC,USA
BY JENNIFER MENSTER. HICKORY - Five people ran for their lives after gunshots were fired earlier Monday morning at Blue Ridge Heights. ...

Local Briefs 6/13/05
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
The University of Tennessee offers Smoky Mountain Field School courses in June that includes "Wildflowers, Ferns and Ecology of Roan Mountain," during which ...

Faith and Family Night scheduled at Smokies park
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
Faith Based Partners consists of four local ministries - Sevier County Food Ministries, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, Mountain Hope Good Shepherd ...

Inconsistent weekend weather doesn't stop these pilots
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
So it was only fitting that in his adult life he would have various models of his own to fly as part of the Smoky Mountain Aero Club. ...

Curling is growing in Knoxville
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
The Great Smoky Mountain Curling Club hosted their first bonspiel this weekend. Curling is catching on in East Tennessee. Bonspiel ...

Former resident joins American Fidelity's commercial loan team
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA