American Lawmaker Banks On Ivanovo
The Moscow Times - Moscow,Russia
... In his home state of North Carolina, the congressman owns another bank, Blue Ridge Savings Bank, which four years ago became ensnared in a scandal concerning a ...

Vikings rally while Cavs roll
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
There was suspense in only one of the games in the Blue Ridge District softball tournament Wednesday. Top-seeded Northside, seeking ...

Week in Photos 5/19
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Taylor and Murphy Construction Company workers repair sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway that collasped during storms in September, 2004, between Mt. ...

Quarry addresses concerns about safety, appearance
Clarke Times Courier - Berryville,VA,USA
... blasts. Clarke County resident Kathy Mettenburg lives in Blue Ridge Estates near Route 7 and can see the dirt piles from her house. ...

Board did its best with emotional school issue
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
The Blue Ridge Technical Academy study group, on whose recommendation the Roanoke City School Board acted May 18, was a further step in the board's process of ...

Omni in line for $3.5M expansion
Broomfield Enterprise - Broomfield,CO,USA
... The Rocky Mountain Lodging Report, compiled for Benton by Ehrhardt, Keefe, Steiner & Hottman PC and the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association, shows occupancy ...

Lodging Still Available for Memorial Day Weekend at ResortQuest ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... top-quality vacation rentals and real estate sales with four offices in Nags Head, Duck (2) and Corolla. Its main office is located in Corolla, North Carolina. ...

Fishing report
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... The road to North Lake is still closed, but some ... fishing is free all season and boat rentals are available. ... Best action has been on Senkos, Carolina-rigged or ...

ResortQuest Smoky Mountains Offers Last-Minute Memorial Day Deals
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... Forge! Enjoy it all while staying in a two-bedroom mountain cabin, where ResortQuest is offering 3 nights and 4 days for only $449. ...

Buried in the sand
The New Nation - Bangladesh
... Joe, Tony and I arranged to have one long weekend off to visit some of the neighbouring states. The Great Smoky Mountain range in Tennessee sprang to mind. ...

Gatlinburg family carnival is a sucess
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... commercials. Star Cars Museum brought a movie car, and a demonstration was provided by The Smoky Mountain Martial Arts Academy students. ...

Learn the ropes
SLAM! Sports - ON,Canada
... Storm's knowledge includes experience working in WWE, WCW, ECW, Japan, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and almost every major territory that existed in the past decade ...

ResortQuest Smoky Mountains Offers Last-Minute Memorial Day Deals
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... free. Many mountain cabins have incredible porch or balcony views and contain such amenities as Jacuzzs and hot tubs. The offer ...

Field notes
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
The Casper chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has tickets remaining ... Nearby cabins maintained by the National Park Service and Bridger-Teton National ...

Bounty of Methow Valley Graces Sun Mountain Lodge Dining Room
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... The Sun Mountain Lodge is a 3,000-acre resort located in Winthrop, Washington ... award-winning destination features 115 guest rooms, suites and lake front cabins. ...

What to know before making a getaway to Michigan's playground
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
... Brockaway Mountain Drive between Eagle River and Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula ... Michihistrigan Campground & Cabins and mini-golf (laid out like the state ...

Not too late for holiday campsite at 9 state parks
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
By Rocky Mountain News. ... Visit www.parks.state.co.us or call 800-678-2267 or 303-470-1144 to reserve campsites, cabins and yurts. ...

Get-Away Planner Oregon High Country
portlandor.about.com - Portland,OR,USA
... Mountain altitudes reach approximately 10,000 feet (at the summit of South Sister ... Camp or stay in rustic cabins for a budget vacation or rent an executive home ...

A welcome rebellion
Cincinnati Post - OH,USA
... Rep. Tom Brinkman of Anderson Township and, less adamantly, Ron Hood of Ashville - say they don't want a consolidated bond issue. ...

Third Frontier ballot disputed
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, said he would prefer the issues separated but hasn't decided if he would still vote for combining them. ...

Fishing Forecast: May 26 -June 1
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... Stamey says quality grass is coming up from Cedar Island south. Productive bass areas can be found in Hell's Point Creek and around Ashville Bridge Creek. ...

History in a Harlem man's apartment
Amsterdam News - Baltimore,MD,USA
... "Baseball is my first love," admits Foster, who played with the Ashville Blues and Detroit Stars teams of the national Negro Baseball League, as well as ...

Residents concerned about possible rezoning of 123 acres
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
Fairway Development Group, a client of Vision Enterprises, plans to use the property to develop cabin rentals and more single family dwellings in the area. ...

Second crime spree suspect arrested
Ironwood Daily Globe - Ironwood,MI,USA
... authorities. The crime spree started when the youths were drinking at a cabin owned by Del Hantula on Landing Road in the Town of Oma. ...

Hillsborough Resources: Hillsborough Provides Interim Report on ...
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... Hillsborough Resources Limited (TSX:HLB) is pleased to provide an interim report on exploration work completed to date on the Five Cabin property located in ...

Sincerity needed to resolve MAS cabin crew issue
Malaysia Kini - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
It had designed a contract that not only ‘enslaved' the female cabin crew to their job, it also demoralised those who embraced motherhood more than twice ...

Paying Lincoln a visit
Lexington Herald Leader - Lexington,KY,USA
... Lincoln's ties to the birthplace were short-lived. His family stayed at the one-room cabin near Sinking Spring for just two years. ...

'A rare treasure'
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... On the land is the cabin of caretaker Jim O'Brien, an old bathhouse, a privy and a cabin that was Rogers' living space. Another ...

The Transportation Safety Board Identifies Risks Associated with ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... Cessna A185F seaplane was carrying three passengers from Four Mile Lake to a site on the Talston River known as Ferguson's Cabin. ...

Field notes
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... History in Cody recently opened an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Thorofare patrol cabin near the ...

Field guide
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
... The Environmental Assessment for the proposed Bennett Creek Land Exchange, land donation, and cabin replacement is now available for public comment and review. ...

North Carolina Tackling Kids' Obesity
ABC News - USA
... Purcell said the measure has the support of the Department of Public Instruction, the North Carolina School Boards Association and the NC Health and Wellness ...

North Carolina officials investigate three cross burnings
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
(Durham, NC-AP) - May 26, 2005 - Officials in Durham, North Carolina, are investigating the burning of three large crosses in a span of just over an hour ...

North Carolina Nipped By Wake Forest In ACC Tourney
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
... the top of the ninth inning and later scored what proved to be the winning run on a wild pitch to give Wake Forest a 2-1 upset win over North Carolina in the ...

Ellington makes it public: he's headed to North Carolina
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... The secret had already been leaked that Ellington was heading to North Carolina, so as he walked to the podium it didn't take clairvoyance to notice he was ...

Upcoming Visits to California and North Carolina Will Enable Task ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... the University of Indianapolis has announced upcoming tours of several organizations in San Diego, California and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina as a ...

New poll takes North Carolina's pulse
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
... state tuition for them. "This poll indicates North Carolina is a conservative state," Hawke said. Former democrat attorney general ...

Bid For NASCAR Hall of Fame in North Carolina
WNCT - Greenville,NC,USA
A piece of the mulit-million-dollar package designed to lure a hall may be stalled because the federal government controls some land tied to the bid. ...

Florida St. Nips North Carolina in 12 at ACC Tourney
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
North Carolina's Chase Younts led the Tar Heels with three of his team's nine hits. JACKSONVILLE, FL.(AP)-North Carolina first baseman ...

Aetna, North Carolina Baptist Hospital Sign Contract
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2005--Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that it has reached agreement on a two-year contract with North Carolina Baptist Hospital ...

North Carolina Takes A Step (Further?) Back
PokerNews.com - USA
Unfortunately, if you live in North Carolina, you are limited to online poker or one of the multitude of free tavern poker leagues that are in existence. ...

ResortQuest Smoky Mountains Offers Last-Minute Memorial Day Deals
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... for last-minute accommodations availability in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge, TN, are in luck this Memorial Day, as ResortQuest Smoky Mountains is standing by to ...

Beetles to help protect hemlocks
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... University of Tennessee lab will allow scientists to boost production of predator beetles for release in such places as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Private stream gets folks hooked on fishing
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
Fly fishing on a private creek near the Smoky Mountains is enough to relax you into a trance. Norton Creek gives you that feeling. ...

Letter: Senators better start looking forward
Yarmouthport Register - Yarmouthport,MA,USA
... hillbilly senator ranted in his speech proposing to ban all offshore wind farms, that wind turbines would spoil the appearance of the Great Smoky Mountains. ...

Fly First: 2 B757, in 4 cabins each with 12 beds
Luchtzak Aviation - Belgium
SN30952 writes "Fly First will operate daily from the private jet terminal at Luton airport to New York. Departure at 6.45am and ...

P&O cruise struck by vomiting bug
ITV.com - UK
... sailing of Oceania. Passenger unwell are being asked to isolate themselves in their cabins for as long as necessary.". The spokeswoman ...

Demand seen for capital camping
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... If the first 25 are popular, more sites and possibly cabins could be added. ... "I'm one who advocates the idea for cabins," said parks Director Don Tripp. ...

St. Louis County Hikes Cabin Lease Fees
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Hibbing, Minn. (AP) For the first time in years, the St. Louis County Board has approved changes in how the county leases land for cabins. ...

New North Asheville Branch Library fits well with nature, local ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
By Chuck O'Connell. ASHEVILLE - On a knoll overlooking the Beaverdam Bird Sanctuary is the site of the new North Asheville Branch Library. ...

Couple arrested in Texas in connection with Black Mountain ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... his wife Crystal Powell picked up Meghan at 8:30 am that day at Haynie's home on Pearl Street in Black Mountain to take her to a birthday party in Asheville. ...

Neighbors, developer strike deal
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- A neighborhood-developer agreement for improvements near a Montford apartment complex is a good deal for the neighborhood under the circumstances ...

Week in Photos 5/19
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Taylor and Murphy Construction Company workers repair sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway that collasped during storms in September, 2004, between Mt. ...

Legends Take Care of Tourists
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
... Wednesday night. The big right-hander pitched a near flawless six innings in the Legends 6-2 victory over Asheville. Gutierrez (2 ...

U. of Chicago Psychiatry Research Team Makes Crosstown Move ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
... COMINGS AND GOINGS: Anne Ponder will return home to become chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. A Tar Heel ...

Raflatac brings 100 more jobs to Fletcher
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
FLETCHER -- Raflatac has announced plans to expand its work force by about 100 people within three years, in a plan that will strengthen the company's ...

Poor man's cruise explores remote charms
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
The Queen of Prince Rupert is no luxury liner, but its ... When the moon finally crests the ridge, the lower fingers of ... visible from sea level take on a blue glow. ...