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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina destinations are ready to welcome visitors for Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of the summer travel season. Special events feed the urge to travel, lodging packages make the trip more enticing, and lower pump prices sweeten the deal. …

Raleigh-bound IBMA gathering invites discovery of the state’s traditions RALEIGH, N.C. — The music traditions that led to bluegrass have rung out in the North Carolina mountains for hundreds of years. With Raleigh’s selection as host of the International Bluegrass M…

RALEIGH, N.C. — With Friday’s arrival of Iron Man 3 as summer’s first must-see movie, North Carolina becomes summer’s must-see state. Filmmakers transformed coastal Wilmington, small-town Rose Hill and suburban Cary into California, Tennessee, Florida and even…

WHO: Sharon Allred Decker, North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Aaron Syrett, Director, North Carolina Film Office Charles Newirth , Executive Producer of "Iron Man 3" Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the MPAA Local cast and crew WHAT: Special gu…

Renovated Bodie Island Lighthouse offers regular ascents for the first time RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s prime lighthouse-climbing season begins April 19 with the historic Bodie Island Lighthouse opening for regular tours for the first time. The newly restored lightho…

Cheers! Inaugural NC Beer Month Has Begun RALEIGH, N.C. — Brewing a new tradition, North Carolina rings in spring with its inaugural Beer Month as a testament to the state’s influence in the craft beer business. Sponsored by the North Carolina Brewers Guild and the North Ca…

RALEIGH, N.C. — A spring breeze, the crack of a bat, the sense of place that defines Minor League Baseball — all that and a choice of craft brew: What more could a baseball fan want? From Asheville to Zebulon, games unfold in towns where Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Curt Sch…

Inaugural Beer Month, statewide star party put the ‘new’ in spring renewal Festive new events are blooming among the azaleas, dogwoods and rhododendron that color North Carolina’s spring landscapes. Joining Merlefest, three steeplechases, the North Carolina Azalea Festi…

WILMINGTON, N.C. — North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Sharon Allred Decker welcomed three distinguished North Carolinians to the “Winner’s Circle” on Monday at the North Carolina Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Lynn Minges, President & CEO of the N…

70+ Breweries and Tourism Partners Cover All of April, All of NC RALEIGH, N.C. — With the most breweries of any state south of Pennsylvania and east of Texas, North Carolina is truly the South’s beer stronghold. To celebrate the state’s craftsmanship and the destinat…