Mystery Powerball winner gives retailers greater hope for a bonus
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
WAYNESVILLE — Some retailers selling lottery tickets in Western North Carolina expect a spike in customers as word spreads that North Carolina has its first ...

Weather leads to power outages in western NC
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Residents of western North Carolina are getting their electricity restored this morning after high winds knocked down trees and power lines ...

Power outages across the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE – Power is coming back on in some places after high winds knocked down trees and power lines throughout Western North Carolina. ...

Fishing Report
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... is an Adams dry fly with a small beadhead nymph on a 2-foot trailer. Park streams are full and clear with water averaging 42-44 degrees. Best fishing is mid ...

State rep owes IRS more than $300,000
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
Blue Ridge — A high-ranking Republican state lawmaker and former candidate for attorney general has been hit with a $347,318 lien for delinquent federal ...

Providence extension near reality
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... The $2.86 million project will connect Providence to Blue Ridge Road, creating a second north-south connector through the city. ...

Church worker pleads guilty
Bedford Bulletin - Bedford,VA,USA
... Joseph Steven Shrewsbury, 30, of Blue Ridge was charged with coercing the boy into performing a variety of sexual acts in August 2005, telling him that it was ...

Appalachian and Blue Ridge Parkway to partner on future projects
Appalachian State University - Boone,NC,USA
... professor in the Department of History at Appalachian State University, has been named the liaison between the university and the Blue Ridge Parkway by Provost ...

Blue Ridge Chorale of Culpeper to perform
Rappahannock News - Washington,VA,USA
The Blue Ridge Chorale of Culpeper, under the direction of Virginia M. Erwin, will bring a Christmas Celebration to The Theatre at Washington on Friday ...

Exploring new hoop territory
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... Mazur spent the past few years playing minor-league basketball with the Asheville (NC) Altitude and the Fayetteville (NC) Patriots. ...

USC Upstate Announces Results of Second Annual High School Math ...
USC Upstate - Spartanburg,SC,USA
... School (Columbia, SC), Spring Valley High School (Columbia, SC), Southside High School (Greenville, SC), AC Reynolds High School (Asheville, NC), TC Roberson ...

Sports World
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... race. After Concord, the race will head to Asheville, NC, then to Tennessee. It ends in Orange County, Calif., Rally Partners' home. ...

Asheville High cafeteria dedication set for today
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Mayor Terry Belamy and other dignitaries are scheduled to be on hand for a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony at Asheville High School at 5 pm ...

City earns global spot
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... Its 2007 destination list cites Asheville’s mountain scenery, thriving arts, cultural and gay and lesbian scenes, as well as tourist favorites such as the ...

West side, North Carolina’s best
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
... I grew up in Asheville, quite possibly the best place to live in the country. Here are the top 10 reasons why Western North Carolina is the best: ...

Student promotes folic acid awareness to high schoolers
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
... In Western North Carolina, there is a high occurrence of neural tube birth defects caused by a lack of folic acid in the mother’s diet, Thomas said. ...

East side, North Carolina’s beach
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
... delicious. Also, ENC’s BBQ boasts the best sauce –which is vinegar based instead of Western North Carolina’s ketchup-based goop. I ...

Power Play: Southeast Slopes
TechJournal South (press release) - Research Triangle Park,NC,USA
Head west in North Carolina, towards the Appalachians and the Smokey's, and you'll ... in Maggie Valley, NC, west of Asheville, NC, in the Great Smoky Mountains. ...

‘Why are there so many toadstools?’
Clarion News - Clarion,PA,USA
... When I worked in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park , part of my campfire talk included the trivia that 1,800 species of fungi grew in the park. ...

Mystery Powerball winner gives retailers greater hope for a bonus
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
WAYNESVILLE — Some retailers selling lottery tickets in Western North Carolina expect a spike in customers as word spreads that North Carolina has its first ...

Weather leads to power outages in western NC
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Residents of western North Carolina are getting their electricity restored this morning after high winds knocked down trees and power lines ...

Power outages across the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE – Power is coming back on in some places after high winds knocked down trees and power lines throughout Western North Carolina. ...

Fishing Report
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... is an Adams dry fly with a small beadhead nymph on a 2-foot trailer. Park streams are full and clear with water averaging 42-44 degrees. Best fishing is mid ...

State rep owes IRS more than $300,000
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
Blue Ridge — A high-ranking Republican state lawmaker and former candidate for attorney general has been hit with a $347,318 lien for delinquent federal ...

Providence extension near reality
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... The $2.86 million project will connect Providence to Blue Ridge Road, creating a second north-south connector through the city. ...

Church worker pleads guilty
Bedford Bulletin - Bedford,VA,USA
... Joseph Steven Shrewsbury, 30, of Blue Ridge was charged with coercing the boy into performing a variety of sexual acts in August 2005, telling him that it was ...

Appalachian and Blue Ridge Parkway to partner on future projects
Appalachian State University - Boone,NC,USA
... professor in the Department of History at Appalachian State University, has been named the liaison between the university and the Blue Ridge Parkway by Provost ...

Blue Ridge Chorale of Culpeper to perform
Rappahannock News - Washington,VA,USA
The Blue Ridge Chorale of Culpeper, under the direction of Virginia M. Erwin, will bring a Christmas Celebration to The Theatre at Washington on Friday ...

Exploring new hoop territory
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... Mazur spent the past few years playing minor-league basketball with the Asheville (NC) Altitude and the Fayetteville (NC) Patriots. ...

USC Upstate Announces Results of Second Annual High School Math ...
USC Upstate - Spartanburg,SC,USA
... School (Columbia, SC), Spring Valley High School (Columbia, SC), Southside High School (Greenville, SC), AC Reynolds High School (Asheville, NC), TC Roberson ...

Sports World
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... race. After Concord, the race will head to Asheville, NC, then to Tennessee. It ends in Orange County, Calif., Rally Partners' home. ...

Asheville High cafeteria dedication set for today
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Mayor Terry Belamy and other dignitaries are scheduled to be on hand for a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony at Asheville High School at 5 pm ...

City earns global spot
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... Its 2007 destination list cites Asheville’s mountain scenery, thriving arts, cultural and gay and lesbian scenes, as well as tourist favorites such as the ...

West side, North Carolina’s best
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
... I grew up in Asheville, quite possibly the best place to live in the country. Here are the top 10 reasons why Western North Carolina is the best: ...

Student promotes folic acid awareness to high schoolers
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
... In Western North Carolina, there is a high occurrence of neural tube birth defects caused by a lack of folic acid in the mother’s diet, Thomas said. ...

East side, North Carolina’s beach
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
... delicious. Also, ENC’s BBQ boasts the best sauce –which is vinegar based instead of Western North Carolina’s ketchup-based goop. I ...

Power Play: Southeast Slopes
TechJournal South (press release) - Research Triangle Park,NC,USA
Head west in North Carolina, towards the Appalachians and the Smokey's, and you'll ... in Maggie Valley, NC, west of Asheville, NC, in the Great Smoky Mountains. ...

‘Why are there so many toadstools?’
Clarion News - Clarion,PA,USA
... When I worked in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park , part of my campfire talk included the trivia that 1,800 species of fungi grew in the park. ...

photo chart Mountains' Most Wanted
2 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE Here are two of the suspects Asheville-Buncombe Crime Stoppers is looking for this week.

Lottery sellers may get bonus
8 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times
RALEIGH - State lawmakers could consider legislation next year that would give lottery retailers a cash bonus for selling a winning Powerball ticket.

Officer hurt in attack returning to full duty
8 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE - A city officer hurt in a transit center attack will be back on full duty today, police said Wednesday.

What's Doing in Haywood
8 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT OPENING RECEPTION FOR WATERCOLORIST CRAIG FORREST, 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nature Gallery, 678 W. Main St., Sylva

Eye on the Scene
Knoxville Metro Pulse - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Jackson Ave., where you will find handmade gifts by nearly 30 local artists and live music. ... It refers to a “progressive, roots fusion” band from Asheville. ...

Brevard College hosts 'Festival of Lessons and Carols"
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
... Also providing holiday music will be Kyle Ritter, staff accompanist and organist, on the Porter Center’s Kirkpatrick-Coleman organ. ...

Best Bets for December
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... Hanukkah Celebration The Chopped Liver River Band of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim of Lancaster County, Pa., will perform Klezmer music. ...

County Farm to perform at Folk School
Union Sentinel - Blairsville, GA, USA
County Farm is a four piece string band from Asheville whose sound ranges from blues to traditional bluegrass, newgrass, old time music and even a bit of polka ...

Women's Basketball Plays in Music City
EKU Sports - Richmond, KY, USA
RICHMOND, Ky. - The Eastern Kentucky women’s basketball team returns to the court on Tuesday night when it faces Belmont in Nashville ...

Asheville named top travel destination by Frommer’s
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE – Asheville is among a dozen locations around the globe named to a list of the “most unique and enticing destinations” by the travel guide ...

Catamounts edge Bulldogs
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE — The Western Carolina University and UNC Asheville women’s basketball teams provided an absolute thriller in their annual Parkway Series matchup ...

Business Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE — Asheville SCORE will present a leadership workshop titled “Business Relationships as a Strategic Advantage” from 6 to 9 pm Tuesday in the ...

Out of Asheville?
Roanoke Times - Roanoke, VA, USA
... Asheville, NC, may not seem a likely hotbed for West African music, but two bands from that mountain city may just prove otherwise. ...

Nelson Doesnt Miss in A&T Victory
International News Service - Sydney, Australia
... Halftime--North Carolina A&T 37-29. ... 37 (Wills 8). Assists--Longwood 9 (Williams 3), N. Carolina A&T 15 ... UNC ASHEVILLE 69, LENOIR-RHYNE 59: Bryan Smithson had 18 ...

Duke Energy considering partnership for new coal plant
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
... million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy in Asheville, said there ...

Lottery Retailers Could Get Bonus
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
... would help,” said Michael Goforth, owner of Sand Hill Grocery in West Asheville. ... now, we’ve not had a jackpot winner in North Carolina,” Winchester said. ...

Ticketmaster Selected as Exclusive Authorized Secondary Market ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Asheville Civic Center - Asheville, NC AT&T Center - San Antonio, TX Blaisdell Arena and Concert Hall - Honolulu, HI City Hall - Nashville, TN Coliseum at ...

News briefs
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville, NC, USA
... Shot on location in Asheville, the production tells the story of a tradition of musical gatherings that began more than 50 years ago, and which continues to ...

SOCIAL EVENTS AT THE SPECIAL EVENT HELP FUEL THE FIRE
Special Events - Malibu,CA,USA
... Chaired by Jaimie Hastings of Churchill House VIP Events, Ryan Zynger of the California ... create this sure-to-sell-out experience at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel ...

The Valley's priciest home sales
AZ Central.com - AZ, USA
... Last week Fletcher paid $4.86 million for a new house in Paradise Valley, just ... The couple bought in the Residences at 2211 Camelback in the Biltmore area of ...

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Coast of Utopia: Voyage — The Running ...
Playbill.com - New York, NY, USA
... Recipes & Reminiscence," and Sarah Ruhl's script for The Clean House were both ... Uhry back on Broadway in LoveMusik (spring 2007 at the Biltmore), with Michael ...

Pigeon Forge tries to strengthen adult business ordinance as one ...
WATE.com - Knoxville, TN, USA
... In it, the owner says the store will be called "Smoky Mountain Sales," not "Cupid's Outlet." It says gifts, novelties, souvenirs and apparel will be for sale. ...

Legal wrangling could slow decision on high-rise condos
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville, NC, USA
... project. It would not address the public’s concerns raised in regard to keeping such development in line with mountain aesthetics. ...

Triangle teams face challenges in Glaxo
News & Observer - Raleigh, NC, USA
... In the girls bracket, Wake Forest-Rolesville plays Sylva Smoky Mountain at 11 am on Dec. 27 and Wakefield plays Apex at 4 pm Smoky ...

Arts sessions offer participants a taste of traditional crafts
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville, NC, USA
1 and 2, at the SCC Swain Center. “Smoky Mountain Crafts Work” is designed to provide participants with a variety of craft arts sessions coupled with lunch ...

New CFdesign V9 Provides Electronics Industry With Fastest, Lowest ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 29, 2006 -- Blue Ridge Numerics has released a new version of its CFdesign electronics cooling software that ...

Growing enrollment pushes building plans
Staunton News Leader - Staunton, VA, USA
... At Blue Ridge Community College, where Shirey is completing his first semester, a program for transfer students — those, like Shirey, who intend to pursue a ...

Former youth coordinator pleads guilty to sex charges
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg, VA, USA
Joseph Steven Shrewsbury, 30, of Blue Ridge, exposed himself and performed sex acts with the teen in a car and at Shady Grove Baptist Church on four occasions ...

Game, Fish & Parks News
Marshall County Journal - Britton,SD,USA
... Try the warmth and comfort of one of the many heated camping cabins found throughout South Dakota state parks and recreation areas. ...

RETC receives encouraging reports
Rhea County Online - Dayton,TN,USA
... Over the years, the city started subleasing the property and allowed construction of a restaurant, cabins and RV spaces. Now, many ...

Cable car planned over Thames in London
United Press International - USA
Anschutz Entertainment Group said the plan involves the construction of 28 cabins, each with a maximum capacity of 24 people, that would carry the passengers ...

Cabin Cleanup
Kingman Daily Miner - Kingman,AZ,USA
The park has been working with the Project Service Achievement Work program for the past three months to remodel all 16 cabins at the park. ...

Man held in baby death killed uncle
Aiken Standard (subscription) - Aiken,SC,USA
... An incident report filed with the Saluda County Sheriff's Office on April 29, 1995, states that a deputy was dispatched to a Lake Murray boat ramp in Batesburg ...

Four Columbus police officers resign to join Abril at Polk sheriff ...
Tryon Daily Bulletin - Tryon,NC,USA
... says he is currently seeking three or four officers and has worked out mutual aid with surrounding law enforcement departments including Tryon, Saluda and the ...

Police charge man with selling counterfeit merchandise
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA
... In July, police raided Kaira's Saluda Street store, BAK Fashions, and seized some $500,000 worth of allegedly counterfeit goods, marking the largest seizure of ...

Pat Kelly on Canada's cancer strategy
Globe and Mail - Canada
... University in Victoria, BC. Ms. Kelly and her family make their home in Toronto, Ontario and in the mountains of Western North Carolina. ...

Sally Spring's ride comes full circle
Yes! Weekly - Greensboro, NC, USA
... travels have taken her from the Los Angeles folk-rock scene of the early '70s to the abiding bluegrass festival circuit of western North Carolina over the years ...

Frazier returns with 'Moons'
Jam! Showbiz - Canada
... of his life, he recounts being orphaned and then sold into servitude at age 12 to manage a trading post in Cherokee territory in western North Carolina. ...

Skyline Exhibits & Design to Host February Greenville Events
ClickPress (press release) - UK
... There is no cost to attend any of the Skyline events which are open to companies and businesses throughout South Carolina and Western North Carolina. ...

Scoot, Orvis, AFFTA -- Come Together
FlyFish.com - Riverside,CT,USA
In an unprecedented move, 37 sport fishing industry leaders, including Scott Fly Rods, Orvis, and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association today urged Alaska ...

Courtyard renovation creates unique learning space at Westville ...
The Herald Argus - LaPorte,IN,USA
... Saunders was inspired to tackle the project from her annual student field trips to the Smokey Mountains. Those trips are experienced ...

Mixed results on 1st day: Warm weather doesn't help hunters
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg,PA,USA
... Meanwhile, three miles up the mountain from their private hunting camp, Bill Grove ... counted 68 vehicles parked along Augwick Road between Burnt Cabins and the ...

Pennsylvania Ski Resort Goes Smoke-Free
First Tracks - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Champion, PA - Pennsylvania's Seven Springs Mountain Resort announced yesterday that it will ... All 418 hotel rooms, cabins and chalets at Seven Springs will ...

Olson files amended report on trip
Albany Democrat Herald - Albany,OR,USA
... The value includes travel, meals, lodging and entertainment. In this case, the ceiling was $143, said GSPC Director Ron Bersin. ...

US Hotel Profits Up 13.1 Percent In 2006
Hotel interactive - Smithtown,NY,USA
ATLANTA, Ga. – The US lodging industry continues to benefit from double-digit profit growth in 2006. According to a recent study ...

Oil States to expand Alberta oil sands lodging
Reuters - USA
Douglas E. Swanson is a director of Oil States International, Inc. and has served as President(until May 2006) and Chief Executive Officer since... Full Bio. ...

ANS Group seeks justice lodging a suit against national media ...
Regnum - Moscow,Russia
Lawyers of ANS Group of Companies (GC) lodged a suit against the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) to the Economic Court of Azerbaijan; REGNUM was ...

NC official sues TVA for power plant pollution
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - North Carolina's attorney general is pressing forward with a lawsuit that accuses the nation's largest federal utility of causing a "public ...

Asheville's Biltmore Square Mall Sold
Commercial Property News - USA
... office represented Midland Loan Services, special servicer for Biltmore 1998 CSFB-CKG, in the sale of Biltmore Square Mall in Asheville, NC Biltmore eight, LLC ...

Hiawassee: Georgia’s hidden jewel
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
... The Biltmore Mansion in Asheville, NC, is about a two-hour trip. Another short trip from Hiawassee is to Helen, Ga. Helen is an interesting town. ...

Have you been there?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... I was pleased to see that Asheville, NC, a local favorite, made the list, and Portland, Ore., a Northwest jewel, did so as well. ...

Health kudos: Boyd completes training course
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
... The course, sponsored by Patterson Dental, was designed to showcase CEREC dentistry to dentists in the Western North Carolina area. ...

Two sheriffs, both without a law enforcement background
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ROBBINSVILLE — Two of 12 new sheriffs in Western North Carolina take command next month with no law enforcement background and no immediate plans to go ...

Mid-South Calendar: Country music star turns to ballet in ' ...
Daily News Journal (subscription) - Murfreesboro,TN,USA
... The Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival is now under way at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., with over 3.5 million holiday lights, lavish holiday buffets and ...

Organizers expect 2,000 to march in annual Christmas parade
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... Schwan Food Company is the official sponsor of the parade, and Jim Hart, president of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is grand marshal. ...

2:05 pm — Smoky Mountain Pizza to reopen Meridian restaurant ...
IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
By Ken Dey. By mid-December, the owners of Smoky Mountain Pizza & Pasta expect to reopen their Meridian restaurant at 980 E. Fairview Ave. ...

A Cut Above
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... those things and more when the National Knife Collector's Association reopens its National Knife Museum at its new home inside the Smoky Mountain Knife Works ...

Here's how to get away for holiday
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... hotels in the area around scenic Asheville, NC Look for ``Explore Biltmore'' to get an advance peek at America's largest home, including the house, gardens and ...


EKU Searching For Third Straight Win
EKU Sports - Richmond,KY,USA
... Tip time is slated for 7 pm. Eastern (4-1) has won two straight games thanks to outstanding three-point shooting at UNC Asheville on Saturday afternoon. ...

City says Hendersonville Road petition decision not final
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE – The jury is still out on whether a petition to derail a Hendersonville Road development meets statutory requirements. ...

Surprise check lands heavy on RPF cops at Amausi station
Lucknow Newsline - Lucknow,India
... Monday morning. The irate mob of daily passengers also tried to torch the guard’s cabin damaging a portion of it. According to ...

Don't Even Feign Surprise: Hostel 3 is Coming
Cinematical - Santa Monica,CA,USA
... something worth watching. (If you happen to disagree with me on the value of movies like Cabin Fever and Hostel, that's cool. I'm ...

State historic sites schedule holiday events
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
... The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site near Charleston is also offering free Christmas candlelight tours from 5 to 8 pm on Dec. ...

Blue Ridge parents to view child's progress easier
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
By Kelly Youngblood. FARMER CITY -- Parents in the Blue Ridge School District soon will be able to monitor their child’s progress in school more closely. ...

Sport fishing industry speaks out against Pebble Mine project
KTVA - Anchorage,AK,USA
... The group -- which includes Orvis, Scott Fly Rods and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association -- has taken out full-page ads in the December, January and ...

Writer fishes for adventure
Amarillo.com (subscription) - Amarillo,TX,USA
... His writings have included topics covering sporting and outdoor adventures, everything from fly-fishing, professional baseball, hiking, and camping in the ...

Conservation District offers holiday walk
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
... like. Luminarias will light the way to the log cabins where volunteers will celebrate the holidays as the pioneer families did. ...

Ossabaw cabins offer peek into slave life
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... Ossabaw Island. A worker sifts oyster shells from tabby slave quarters that will be recycled in the renovation of the cabins. Marion ...

TVA restricts use of Spring City Boat Dock
Rhea County Online - Dayton,TN,USA
... The Town has then subleased the property for the past several years to various lessees who have made improvements such as building cabins, recreational vehicle ...

State Parks Offer Special Winter Rates
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
Tennessee State Parks is now offering special rates for its 360 villas and cabins and six inns during the winter months. From December ...

Conservation District offers holiday walk
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
... like. Luminarias will light the way to the log cabins where volunteers will celebrate the holidays as the pioneer families did. ...

Ossabaw cabins offer peek into slave life
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... Ossabaw Island. A worker sifts oyster shells from tabby slave quarters that will be recycled in the renovation of the cabins. Marion ...

TVA restricts use of Spring City Boat Dock
Rhea County Online - Dayton,TN,USA
... The Town has then subleased the property for the past several years to various lessees who have made improvements such as building cabins, recreational vehicle ...

State Parks Offer Special Winter Rates
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
Tennessee State Parks is now offering special rates for its 360 villas and cabins and six inns during the winter months. From December ...

AROUND THE SCHOOLS
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA
... The second- and fourth-grade classes will present their holiday musical, "Christmas at the OK Corral," at 7 pm Thursday at Saluda Trail Middle School auditorium ...

Driver killed in Surry County when car crashes in gully
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... into a gully. Glenn Mason Stokes, 28, of Saluda died in the early morning crash on state Route 628, state police said. Stokes was ...

Warriors return to action Dec. 1-2; former WVC cagers doing well
Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register - Mt. Carmel,IL,USA
... He has handed out 11 assists and has three steals. Vincent James, at UNC-Ashville, 1-2, is averaging 24 minutes, 9.3 ppg, and 2.7 rpg. ...

A Confederate debate
Daily News Journal (subscription) - Murfreesboro,TN,USA
HK Edgerton, a black Southern heritage activist and former president of the Ashville, NC, branch of the NAACP, was in town briefly to show support to MTSU ...

Lodging Stocks Are Lower on Downgrades
Houston Chronicle - United States
... The company's stock is ahead 40 percent year-to-date on its operating fundamentals, favorable industry dynamics and investor interest in the lodging sector. ...

Massive Beverage, Food and Lodging Industry Trade Show Set in Las ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... after trend by upping the hospitality ante - is the perfect place for what is now a synergized mega-event for the beverage, food and lodging industry, with ...

NorthStar Realty Finance to Present at 10th Annual Wachovia Real ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Richardson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 10th Annual Wachovia Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging Securities Conference ...

Immigration in the Midlands: Newberry's growing Hispanic ...
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
... to our public schools, which you know I think we probably would want to educate but with an influx of these people into the Newberry, Saluda, Lexington Counties

two properties join landmark list

Asheville Citizen-Times
Two new properties have become city landmarks, a local designation that recognizes historic importance and gives owners half-off property taxes.

N.C. State nailed hurricane forecast
The Charlotte Observer
Scientists at N.C. State University may allow themselves a modest bow as the Atlantic hurricane season ends Thursday.

Community holiday volunteer opportunities
Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville-Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross-Blood Services and Blood Mobile Volunteers Volunteer greeters and canteen assistants are needed during the holiday season.

photo Goldsmith set to return to coaching
Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE Former Franklin High and Duke football coach Fred Goldsmith has accepted the head coaching job at Lenoir-Rhyne College, and he is bringing some WNC coaches with him.

Turning Over A New L.E.A.F.
KyndMusic/RightAction
First let me start by apologizing to those who were at the LEAF Festival because words can not justify the bliss of this weekend...

Busy stores are tempting target for thieves
Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE - Thieves as well as shoppers participated in the post-Thanksgiving rush to stores, according to court documents....

County funds more school resource officers
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE — Hardly a day goes by that school resource officers in Buncombe County don’t defuse situations involving students that have the potential to ...

Asheville author to sign books
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE — Asheville native Ginny Wilmerding will sign copies of her new book “Smart Women and Small Business” from 12:30 to 2:30 pm today at Barnes & ...

ARTS NOTES: Quilter featured at Fifth Thursday
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... Sound” will be held at 7 pm Thursday at West Asheville Library, 941 ... Many galleries will also be hosting artist receptions, provide live music and refreshments ...


FAMILY FRIENDLY HOLIDAY EVENTS
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
Victorian Romance Christmas Celebration, through Jan. 6, Smith-McDowell House, 283 Victoria Road, Asheville. Call 253-9231 or visit www.wnchistory.org. ...

Woodring slaying spawns bills
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
... “There’s no fog like the fog of when you are in a domestic
situation,” said Laurel Cartwright of Asheville, a
domestic-violence survivor and board member ...

Translator helps gives WNC a common voice
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE - When Adriana Adarve moved to Asheville, she started looking for work with a translation agency. After ...

For whom the ‘Belles’ toll
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
.. The show continues at 2:30 pm today at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. Call 254-1320. Need to get out of the house? ...

Sharpshooting Rose lifts EKU past Asheville
Kentucky.com - Lexington, KY, USA
Rose hit four three-pointers for the Colonels (4-1), who shot
51 percent for the game. Julian Mascoll added 13 points,
while Jamaal ...

WNC's best principals
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
ASHEVILLE - Asheville Middle School Principal Pam Cocke has a
tough job keeping a handle on 652 students and 91 teachers.
Now add ...

Take 5 today
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
Singer-songwriter David Wilcox returns to Asheville tonight for his annual Thanksgiving weekend show at the Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. ...

Sports Briefs
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
SALISBURY — Christ School receiver Avyd Baldwin and
Asheville School fullback/linebacker Hakim Chenault both
saw playing time Saturday in the Oasis Shriners ...

McLean Signs With UNC-Asheville
Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines, NC, USA
... Union Pines senior Carson McLean recently inked a national letter
of intent to continue his baseball career at UNC Asheville next year
along with Viking ...

Cooper Presses Ahead with TVA Emissions Lawsuit
abc11tv.com - Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, NC, USA
ASHEVILLE - North Carolina's attorney general says he's lining
up his big guns for a lawsuit that accuses the nation's largest federal
utility of ...

3-point spree fuels Eastern
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY, USA
... men's basketball team hit eight straight three-pointers late in
the first half and early in the second and cruised past
North Carolina Asheville 73-54 ...

Holywell Park - Nature cannot be more beautiful
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
... Among these is a plan to introduce horseback riding through
the mountain under the shelter ... spend a few hours and others
just stay in the cosy cabins on the ...

Around the Mountains: Vail hospital could hit 300,000 sq. feet
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
... The developers proposed to add 32 luxury cabins, 18
single-family homes, and 36 ... Summit County, where he
was responsible at Keystone for mountain operations and ...

Wish you were here
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... The cabins are for rentals of a week or more and are equipped
with amenities of ... the cook shed or over wood stoves while on
picnics on the mountain trails, but ...

Business Notes
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... of the Dade County Bar Association and a current member of
the House of Delegates ... South Florida chapter of the Federal Bar
Association at the Biltmore Hotel in ...

By: Brian McCullough
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
... shopping center, which Graves believes will capture both cabin-fevered golfers ... professional lessons -- has the advantage of one-hour rentals, Graves believes. ...

BUSINESS NOTES
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Don Sherrill of Conover was the grand prize winner of 100
gallons of propane from Blue Ridge Energies during the
company's open house for its new customer ...

Scouts' training pays off
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... The Roanoke-based Blue Ridge Mountains Council of the
Boy Scouts complied and were allowed to field a team in the
competition. To ...

Area boys basketball roundup
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
... scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to pace Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley
High School’s basketball team to a 58-42 victory over Blue Ridge Saturday
night in ...

OPEN ONE OF THESE CHRISTMAS PACKAGES
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa, Asheville, NC The inn is filled with ...
Includes two nights' lodging, daytime tickets to the Biltmore Estate,
breakfast in the Blue ...

What you need to know this week
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
... on Monday will consider a concessionaire agreement with
Kirkwood Mountain Resort to ... the restaurant, as well as
renovate the rental cabins, store, employee ...

What We Have Here Is a Failure to . . .
Washington Post - United States
... dressed it and dragged it two and half hours down the mountain and back ... O'Malley administration to approve a bigger safety zone around his cabins, access road ...

Group to raise awareness about police shootings
Asheville Citizen-Times
Police involved in wrongful shooting deaths should be brought to justice like all citizens, a new police watchdog group said Sunday..

Fletcher School of Dance building sold, Asheville Ballet moving
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC, USA
... Ann Dunn, owner and operator of the school, is building a new building for the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, the official school for The ...

Election results boost Oregon congressman's influence
KVOA.com - Tucson
... said. A self-described moderate-conservative from western
North Carolina, Shuler supports gun ownership and opposes
abortion rights. ...

Author underwrites effort to translate his best-seller into ...
WHNS - USA
... Indians. He used their forced removal from the mountains of his native western North Carolina for the setting of "Thirteen Moons.". As ...

After a 5-year closure, Grandview Lodge is back
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, NC, USA
... you have easy driving to everything from skiing to gambling at Harrah's Casino (800-427-7247; in Cherokee, and the Biltmore Estate (828-225 ...