Archive - Aug 9, 2008

Jones has been a caretaker at Orton Plantation Gardens for more than seventy years. He celebrated his 100th birthday on those same grounds on Saturday. Full story...

Despite the sluggish economy tourists spent more money in North Carolina than ever before. The North Carolina division of tourism reports that visitors spent a record 17 billion dollars in North Carolina last year. $426 million of that was spent in New Hanover County. That's up almost 10 percent from last year. Full story...