07/18/11 On July 15, two people were sentenced by a federal court for their participation in a federal prescription conspiracy that culminated in the arrest of fourteen suspects in March 2010.
07/18/11 The Rocky Mount Inspections Department issued the following building permits from June 29 through July 5. Estimated value listed is that of the finished project. (* Valuation not reported.)
07/16/11 Asheville City Market When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Parking lot of the Public Works Building at 161 S. Charlotte St. Asheville City Market South When: Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.
07/14/11 Kelcey Carlson of Raleigh was the female winner of the Grandfather Mountain Marathon Saturday with a time of 3 hours, 13 minutes, 12 seconds. Some 400 runners took part in the grueling 26.2-mile uphill race as part of the 56th annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.
07/12/11 Republican legislators have released proposed maps for North Carolina state House & Senate districts for the next decade. Both include some major changes in who local citizens would be voting for in the General Assembly.
07/11/11 Submit entries at least two weeks in advance to Fitness Calendar, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802, e-mail to kchavez@CITIZEN-TIMES.com or fax to 251-0585.
07/10/11 A striking migratory songbird native to the mountains of western North Carolina might gain protection under the Endangered Species Act.
07/10/11 DES MOINES - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad hits the road this week to drum up interest in his summer education summit, an event that marks the starting point for what could be the next legislative session's most controversial issue: education reform.
07/09/11 Buffalo once roamed the route now known as N.C. 211, where bulldozers are clearing a swath of land to accommodate a highway widening project. An old concrete monument near the main entrance of Pinewild Country Club informs the curious that N.C. 211 was once the Yadkin Trail, an ancient cartway carved out by Native Americans and later traveled by Colonial Americans.
07/09/11 By Paul V. Brown Jr. Carolina Travel News Service GREENVILLE - If you've noticed a flood of travel and tourism ads lately - most of them for destinations not far from your front door - you're not imagining things.
07/08/11 Jimmie Curtis Bennett Jimmie Curtis Bennett, 70, of Grenada, died Friday, July 1, at his home.
07/08/11 A competitor in a Boone, NC bike race has been killed, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
07/04/11 After Mother Nature finished her show, the White Oak Amphitheatre was snap, crackle and pop with fireworks.
07/01/11 Every now and then, I get one right ... Boyd in Atlanta, Ga., writes: Dear Heather, Thanks for ranking Jayron Hosley the #1 CB in the ACC. I always knew you were smart.-Boyd HD: You're smart, too. Figured out a way into the mailblog. Padigan in Charleston, SC, writes: Russell Wilson 's move to Wisconsin reminds me of the parity in college football coverage: it seems he's gotten more attention in ...
06/30/11 SHACKLEFORDS, VA - Gary Byerly of Team International Training, Inc. ITI competed in this past weekends Virginia State IDPA at Kettlefoot, held at the Kettlefoot Rod and Gun Club in Bristol, TN June 25, 2011. Byerly took home several titles, including CDP Division Champion and High Overall for the match. Luck was on Byerlys side as he even won a gun in the drawing. This win brings Team ITIs...
06/29/11 Trees covered in a blanket of snow are postcard-perfect in Boone. / Special to WNC Parent/NC Division of Tourism, Film Winterfest: In downtown Blowing Rock. Tickets and information available at Blowing Rock Visitors Center, 7738 Valley Blvd., Blowing Rock; 828-295-7851.
06/29/11 Children take part last year in the North Carolina Arboretum's week-long summer Citizen Science Camp. The N.C. Arboretum, which offers many programs for all ages, celebrates its 25th anniversary starting Friday.
06/28/11 What can go wrong, usually does. If you are a paranoid fan like me, you constantly worry and live by the above statement. It always seems. For the first two weeks of 2010, it certainly felt like that for Virginia Tech football. After losing a close game to Boise State that likely took them out of the National Title picture, they fell to FCS opposition James Madison just six days later. From ...
06/27/11 NC NEWS The mountains of northwestern North Carolina hope to become the Southeast's next hot destination for wine lovers.
06/22/11 Current beauty pageant queens and junior queens from across North Carolina and their families joined contestants in this year's NC Rhododendron Pageant for a tour of Roan Mountain Recreation Area in Pisgah National Forest to see the rhododendrons in full bloom last Saturday. | 
