Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Nov 17, 2009, 1:26 pm
It was one of stock car racing's original tracks, hosting NASCAR events from its inception in 1949 until 1996. Racing legends from Junior Johnson to Richard Petty to Dale Earnhardt have won races ...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Nov 11, 2009, 8:19 am
Today, of course, is Veteran's Day, and we here in North Carolina just want to say "thanks" to all the veterans and their families out there who sacrifice so much to protect our freedoms. This we...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Nov 10, 2009, 12:16 pm
The Blue Ridge Parkway, "America's Favorite Drive", turns 75 years old in 2010, and the celebration kicks off this Friday with a ceremonial torch passing from the Great Smoky Mountains National Pa...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Nov 6, 2009, 10:55 am
Week Eight of Visit NC's Fabulous Fun Fall Getaways is here, and this week the site is focused on North Carolina's pirate history. Parts of the NC coast played host to one of the most notoriou...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 28, 2009, 3:36 pm
Halloween Weekend is coming up, and whether you like your frights wild or mild, North Carolina has many places to get in the "spirit" of the season. This week, VisitNC's Fabulous Fall Fun includes...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 26, 2009, 8:21 am
An early Sunday morning rock slide has closed Interstate 40 in both directions at mile marker 3 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Work on the cleanup and repair of the road will begin immediately, bu...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 15, 2009, 3:07 pm
While racing fans flock to Lowe's Motor Speedway for this weekend's NASCAR Banking 500 and construction crews in uptown Charlotte busily prepare the new NASCAR Hall of Fame for its springtime...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 12, 2009, 5:08 pm
Take a look at that picture. We took it today (October 12) on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Maggie Valley, NC. It shows what we already know in North Carolina: that peak color is coming very soon to the...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 7, 2009, 5:19 am
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle has announced a partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation that includes more than $250,000 in funding...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 6, 2009, 5:09 am
Fall in North Carolina means more than great weather and spectacular leaf color. Thanks to a seasonal shift in the Gulf Stream, the autumn brings a bounty of fish into NC coastal waters, so fishermen ...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 5, 2009, 5:38 am
A brand-new Ritz-Carlton Hotel is now up and running in Uptown Charlotte. It's the first Ritz-Carlton in the Carolinas. The 146-room hotel, which officially opened last week, is the first in the ...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 2, 2009, 8:26 am
Every month, the folks at VisitNC partner up with a different area of the state to giveaway a great getaway somewhere in North Carolina. Now that it's October, you oughta know about this month'...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Oct 1, 2009, 3:13 pm
The Northwest North Carolina Visitor Center and rest area, which opened today in Wilkes County beside U.S. 421 northbound, is the state’s first green rest area. The center has several environment...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Sep 22, 2009, 7:13 am
... . This week's theme during the ten-week Fabulous Fun Fall Getaways promotion on Visit NC is "Prime Time For Wine", with an inside look at the wine harvest, several self-guided wine trails to...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Sep 20, 2009, 6:45 am
Well, OK... not officially. The actual equinox happens Tuesday at 5:18 pm. But there are definitely some color changes going on in the mountains of NC already! I spent much of last week driving aroun...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Sep 1, 2009, 9:27 am
September is here, and it won't be long before the air starts to cool in North Carolina and the leaves begin their annual display of bright reds, yellows, and golds... with fall color starting at ...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 27, 2009, 5:50 am
The skyline of the Carowinds theme park in Charlotte will drastically change next year, as the amusement park has announced plans to debut the Intimidator, the Southeast’s tallest, fastest and longe...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 26, 2009, 3:27 pm
Looking for something different this Labor Day weekend? Go fly a kite. The seventh annual Mile High Kite Festival is a free event that takes place Sunday, September 6, in the meadows at the top of Be...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 17, 2009, 10:24 am
While we're on the subject of baseball, the old minor league stadium made famous in the movie Bull Durham has a new look. WRAL-TV reported that Durham politicians, area baseball coaches and forme...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 14, 2009, 9:19 am
Some would say that baseball and beer go together like macaroni and cheese, or maybe like The Captain & Tennille. Now, the Asheville Tourists minor league baseball club has stepped to the plate with ...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 12, 2009, 6:18 am
John Grisham, author of bestselling legal thrillers such as A Time To Kill, The Pelican Brief, and The Client, will join Elizabeth Edwards and Pulitzer Prize winners Douglas Blackmon, Rick Bragg and E...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 11, 2009, 2:00 pm
Four Square Restaurant, a ten year Durham establishment, and The Yancey House Restaurant in Yanceyville are the 2009 winners of the Best Dish in NC restaurant contest. The Best Dish in NC competition...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Aug 10, 2009, 9:35 am
The 4th Annual Tour de Tuck will be held on September 19th this year in the mountains in and around Sylva... and if you're a bicyclist looking for incomparable scenery and a big challenge, this is...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Jul 17, 2009, 8:28 am
Well, it's official. On Wednesday, members of the Southern Paranormal Anomaly Research Society (SPARS) held a press conference to reveal that Koerner's Folly, in the Triad community of Kerners...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Jul 9, 2009, 9:46 am
President Barack Obama met with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano yesterday in Rome prior to heading to the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, and presented him with a variety of American wines from across t...
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Tim H. posted an article on Visit North Carolina - Jun 30, 2009, 9:01 am
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the only museum dedicated to the exhibition of mid 20th-century European modern art in the southeast, will open to the public Saturday, January 2, 2010 in Charlotte,...
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