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Because temperatures are reaching dangerous highs this time of year, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health is encouraging people with diabetes to take extra precaution to maintain healthy blood glucose levels.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
By: Chris Downey
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I got a chance to ride the rails with mom before planes and cars took over traveling
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2015 @ 8:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The N.C. Chamber is resurrecting an idea to pay for roads that eventually could confront concerns over the growing gap between increasing highway use and dwindling fuel tax revenues.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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BCCC's Travel/Study Group recently visited the Xunantunich ruins - containing the second tallest building in Belize - during their week-long trip to that country. They reached the ruins via a hand-cranked ferry. During their trip, the group also rode on a zip line, among other activities.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 9:33 pm
By: Chris Downey
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With most of North Carolina under a winter weather advisory or winter storm watch, Governor McCrory and public safety and transportation officials are encouraging residents to prepare for the impending severe weather.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 10:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's so-called Welcome Centers are indeed a welcome site for full-bladdered motorists in need of a pit stop. And the available maps and tourism brochures may come in handy for curious travelers as well.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 11:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is sponsoring a nine-day trip to Arizona and Utah that will include visits to some of the most scenic areas of the southwestern United States.
Published: Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 @ 6:59 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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As the holidays approach, many families are hitting the road and taking trips to visit families, friends and loved ones. This can be especially challenging for families with young children who struggle to keep them happy and occupied while traveling by plane, train, or automobile.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 1:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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With news that the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States, Thom Tillis is questioning the Obama administration's insistence on continuing to allow travel from nations stricken by the Ebola virus.
Published: Friday, October 3rd, 2014 @ 6:26 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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N.C. - North Carolina's first case of chikungunya was confirmed in a resident who recently travelled to the Caribbean.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 3:19 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Centers for Disease Control has issued travel advisories urging simple measures to prevent the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), following the second confirmed case of the virus in the United States.
Published: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 @ 11:01 am
By: ECU News Services
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BCCC's Travel/Study group has recently returned from its visit to London and Paris this month. Besides visiting the usual sights, they sampled fish and chips in a London pub and ate duck breast in a 13th Century cellar restaurant in Paris.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory was at the Outer Banks today to celebrate "Tourism Week" in North Carolina and to discuss the newest tourism statistics from the U.S. Travel Association.
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Members of the Travel Study Club at Beaufort County Community College have arrived in London and have visited a number of famous museums and sites in the past two days.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's interesting. It seemed as though every time an AP writer mentioned the Anointed One going to Hawaii for his Christmas vacation, they told us that Hawaii is his home state or that he was born there or both. Could that seemingly singular focus possibly be fueled by doubts??
Published: Monday, December 30th, 2013 @ 2:33 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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East Carolina University students who live outside of eastern North Carolina must go the extra mile when they travel home for the holidays. If flights are unavailable locally, that extra effort often means facing heavy Raleigh-bound traffic and racking up high costs in airport parking fees.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 11:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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Consider a new holiday tradition this year: green travel. That's the goal of the East Carolina University developers of the United States Travel Care Code. The Center for Sustainability: Tourism, Natural Resources, and the Built Environment at ECU developed the travel care code, which encourage...
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 5:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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For months, we've been subjected to stories from our state's dwindling, money-bleeding mainstream media fawning over Big Bill Barber's Traveling Circus & Freak Show.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 5:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory is proclaiming May 4-12, 2013, as Tourism Week in North Carolina, joining destinations across the state to celebrate travel and tourism as a record-breaking industry that is vital to the economic stability and growth of the state.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 9:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students at Northside High School have been enjoying Friday morning Book Talks and Coffee in the Media Center.
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 6:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two Beaufort County residents, Owen Chrisman and Tucker Davis, played on the 2012-2013 Jr. Pirate Hockey travel team that recently made it to the CHL finals in Wilmington, NC.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2013 @ 1:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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One needs to take a break from time to time. If you are having trouble finding the time to get away, please take some time to take a peak at our favorite places to vacate.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I had the opportunity Thursday to participate in the opening ceremony, in Kinston NC, of the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, the "Wall That Heals". This wall is a half scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2011 @ 9:31 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Top vacation destinations in the United States are subject to what type experience is sought after. From coast to coast there are limitless possibilities of places to go and see this summer without having to spend one's lifesavings by going abroad.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2011 @ 11:50 am
By: Leslie Schneider
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The trip, scheduled for Jan. 14 and 15, will include a performance of the award-winning show "The Lion King" at the Durham Performing Arts Center and a special presentation at the N.C. Zoo.
Published: Thursday, December 16th, 2010 @ 10:23 am
By: Judy Jennette
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The BCCC Foundation is now accepting reservations for an overnight trip that will include a performance of the beloved Disney musical "The Lion King" and a visit to the N.C. Zoo.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2010 @ 11:24 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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