07/15/11 Family picnics are a regular happening at Fletcher Community Park, which serves residents of both southern Buncombe County as well as northern Henderson County.
07/12/11 State Sen. Eric Mansfield of Fayetteville will have to get to know the people of Raeford and Hoke County if he wants to win re-election in 2012 under proposed new state Senate districts published this afternoon.
07/11/11 French owners of an aluminum company founded Badin in 1913, drawn by electric power to be harnessed from a steep gorge in the neighboring Yadkin River. They built a town based on an overriding vision of attractive design, usefulness and progressive features such as sewer and electric power for workers and bosses alike.
07/11/11 "Hope Rising," by Mills River artist Constance Vlahoulis, has been selected as this year's signature piece for the WNCAP Raise Your Hand auction fundraiser. The people are silhouetted, Vlahoulis said, because, "I wanted people to see themselves in that family regardless of color or gender."
07/07/11 Last month, the Tennessee Department of Transportation closed part of State Highway 321 in Elk Mills. They plan to replace the bridge over Elk River by May of 2012. Until then, the project will force drivers from North Carolina and Tennessee to use a series of back roads. The trip is short, but can be confusing. Some residents want the state or Carter County to put up official detour signs.
07/06/11 By J.P. GREESON For The Associated Press Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for July 6 and also available on the Web at http://www.txfishing.com:
07/05/11 Terra Summer camp director and founder Sybil Fix watches as students, from left, Keira Van Hanken, Abby Smith, William Coye and Matt Young help make a blueberry peach crumble at the camp in Mills River.
07/05/11 benefit dinner and auction will be held to help a McLouth man who was burned in a June 4 fire at his home. The event, scheduled for 11 to 4 p.m. July 8, will take place at the Harvest House restaurant in McLouth. George Warren, auctioneer, will auction donated items and Butch and Karen Bartlett and restaurant staff will prepare the meal. Andrew Gibson, 36, whose arms were burned in the fire ...
07/02/11 The transactions listed below include properties sold for $150,000 or more and recorded between May 9-13. First Savers Bank sold 2804 Sunchaser Lane to Duane N. and Kelly Lucas Parrish for $500,000.
07/02/11 Old flour mills are a distinctive part of Americana - but only a handful remain. Socorro's Crown Mill is one of the few still standing in the Southwest. This landmark was built by an immigrant family from Germany. Their story, and the building of the mill, is an interesting chapter in Socorro's history.
06/30/11 Caitlin Melissa Cremer of Mills River has been selected to receive a Park Scholarship with the class of 2015 at NC State University.
06/29/11 Ending a long-running dispute over development incentives, the city of Concord said Wednesday it will pay $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit by Speedway Motorsports Inc.
06/26/11 Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and Columbus Council meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on the plaza level of the Government Center. Call 706-653-4013.
06/21/11 Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:36 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:36 a.m.
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06/21/11 LOS ANGELES -- IMAX Corporation and Disney--Pixar announced today that Cars 2, the second installment in the popular family-friendly franchise from director John Lasseter, will be released in the immersive IMAX 3D format this Friday, June 24.
06/18/11 Carolina First Bank officially became TD Bank Thursday, as the Canadian banking institution unveiled signs and opened doors under the TD Bank banner at its three locations in Henderson County and throughout Western North Carolina.
06/18/11 The transactions listed below include properties sold for $150,000 or more and recorded between April 25-29. William J. and Ellen K. Zorn sold 1470 Lieben Road to William Joseph Zorn Jr. for $175,000.
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