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6,500-Foot Lodge Atop Mt. LeConte Packs In Hikers

ALUM CAVE, Tenn. — Two and a half miles up a steep mountain trail Saturday I distinctly heard…

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Birthday Birds Arrive to Fill Martin Gourds

The 30-year quest is won. Following the precise conditions spelled out by experts Wade and Connie Beauchamp of…

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Expect Commission To OK Referendum

Two male cardinals were fighting on the deck Monday — staking their competing territorial claims closest to our…

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10 Years Later, Invasion Boast Rings Hollow

Ten years later, I had to admit to her that I had been woefully wrong. It didn’t turn…

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Camera’s ‘Auto’ Setting Improves Family Photos

Add the camera’s “auto” button as one of the great inventions of history. Stuck inside on a rainy,…

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New Hospital(s) Will Lift Our Quality of Life

Competition can benefit consumers. It requires businesses to put their best foot forward. Novant Health does that this…

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Baby-Sitting Boys For Wild Weekend Of Kings, Dragons

Exhausted, we dragged up Interstate 77 in a mental fog from baby-sitting three little boys in Waxhaw for…

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New Davie High Plan Finally Gets It Right

I’m for it — this new Davie High School project. It’s needed. We can afford it despite some…

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Wake Forest Basketball’s Day In The Sun

Wake Forest University basketball fans have slogged through some tough years recently, making Saturday’s stunning upset of No.…

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Purple Martin Chase Heading To Virginia

Like the frustrated gold prospector whose pan has washed empty in every stream, my 30-year attempt to attract…