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Award-winning Asheville chef Katie Button marries Spanish, Southern flavors in new cookbook
Chef Katie Button has won a James Beard Award for the cooking at her popular Asheville restaurant, Cúrate Bar de Tapas.
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Three North Carolina colleges make WalletHub’s top 100 in America
The WalletHub study looked for the highest-performing schools at the lowest cost to undergraduates. Here’s how North Carolina colleges did.
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Historic Asheville boarding house gets new life as boutique hotel
Asheville builders are planning a “small, intimate, boutique hotel” by remaking the Flora Sorrell Boarding House downtown.
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Wilmington’s connection to ‘Whistler’s Mother,’ one of the world’s most famous paintings
Whistler’s roots, or at least those of his famous mother, are in Wilmington. She was born at a house at the southwest corner of Fourth and Orange streets.
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A struggling North Carolina town wants to shorten terms for local leaders
After operating under four-year terms for just one year, the Hope Mills Board of Commissioners voted to begin the process of returning elected officials to two-year terms.
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Isaias is now a hurricane. Here’s how it might impact North Carolina
New projections show that Hurricane Isaias is expected to drench most of the Southeast, including North Carolina.
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This popular North Carolina brewery is opening its own pizzeria
Highland Brewing’s new in-house pizzeria will make a fall debut at the East Asheville brewery’s campus.
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Inside Wilmington’s plans for a ritzy transformation of Thalian Hall
The Thalian Hall renovation is the biggest since the cornerstone was placed in 1855 — and so far $11 million of the $25 million has been raised.
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Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to become a hurricane. Will it impact NC?
Forecasters believe that Isaias will peak before making landfall, but it could still be a “significant” hurricane when it reaches the coast, with strong winds and flooding rain.
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Dark sky locations to watch the Orionid meteor shower in North Carolina
There are plenty of “dark sky” spots in North Carolina to watch the Orionid, one of the brightest meteor showers of the year.
