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.
07/13/11 Mrs. Tatiana L. Liebst, age 41, passed away Friday July 1, 2011. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia and was a lifelong resident of Orange Park. She graduated from St. Johns Country Day School in 1987 and Rollins College in 1991. She had worked for the Cummer Gallery for the last 6 years.
07/08/11 North Carolina place-kicker Casey Barth has been named to the 2011 Lou Groza Award Watch List. The Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the nation's top kicker.
07/07/11 Hundreds participated in the 18th annual Kiwanis Firecracker 5K in Weaverville Monday morning. The first male finisher was Seth Hendler-Voss, 33, of Asheville, and the first female finisher was Sarah Jones, 20, of Asheville.
07/03/11 From staff reports The Kannapolis American Legion team split a doubleheader with Wilkes at Webb Field on Saturday. Kannapolis won the ...
07/03/11 Fireworks are flying at Memorial Stadium tonight in Asheville, and again Monday and Tuesday at McCormick Field ballpark during the long Independence Day weekend.
07/02/11 There have been a few times when there have been sea changes in North Carolina's congressional delegation.
07/02/11 Today nearly a dozen future Terps lacrosse All-Americans will take the field in the sixth annual Under Armour...
07/02/11 Lake Junaluska is one of several WNC towns that has a July 4 parade. Also featured at Lake Junaluska on July 3 and 4 are patriotic concerts by the renowned Lake Junaluska Singers, in Stuart Auditorium.
07/01/11 Fireworks wil be flying in Asheville and around the mountains during the long Independence Day holiday weekend. / Steve Dixon Patriotism runs deep in Western North Carolina, and communities throughout the region know how to celebrate the nation's birthday.
07/01/11 Long ago, Joe Eckert helped energize downtown Asheville with the popular Jack of the Wood pub. Now he's turning his energy to a new spot in downtown Weaverville.
06/30/11 Road Trips for Beer, an online travel magazine names Athens' Ohio Brew Week as a Top 10 Beer Festival.
06/29/11 The elevations of the southern Blue Ridge province above 4,000 feet can be thought of as a peninsula of northern terrain extending into the southeastern United States, where typical flora and fauna of northeastern and southeastern North America intermingle.
06/28/11 Allen McCann, of Orlando, Fla., shows the bag of gems he found at the Gem World gem mine outside of Franklin. / Special to Citizen-Times DID YOU KNOW?
06/28/11 From staff reports A.L. Brown wide receiver Teven Jones will play in the East-West All-Star Game in Greensboro next month. Jones had 40 catche ...
06/27/11 LOCAL Team Savannah wins lifting title Team Savannah took home first place in the male 16-17 division at the 2011 School Age National Weightlifting Championships last weekend in Flowery Branch. They overtook some of the top teams including Team Georgia of Flowery Branch and Wesley Weightlifters from Missouri. Team Savannah will be competing next in the Pan American Masters Championships in ...
06/26/11 Lake Junaluska is one of several WNC towns that has a July 4 parade. Also featured at Lake Junaluska on July 3 and 4 are patriotic concerts by the renowned Lake Junaluska Singers, in Stuart Auditorium.
06/25/11 "I used to say that politics was the second-oldest profession, and I have come to know that it bears a gross similarity to the first." Ronald Reagan
06/23/11 Check out the Independence Day activities happening throughout the Carolinas.
06/23/11 At 7 p.m. all personnel at the Holly Ridge Command Post for the Pender-Onslow fire manned by Onslow and Pender emergencies services and local fire departments were released back to their areas for the night, said Amy Helms public information officer... | 
