For those not glued to game seven there was another celebration happening on television tonight as music city marked the 50th Anniversary of the Country Music Awards. North Carolina musicians could be seen and heard from the red carpet to the big stage in Scottie McCreery, Parmalee, Charlie Daniels, Eric Church, Rhiannon Giddens, Randy Travis, and more.
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History marked
May 22, 1926 Establishment of Great Smoky Mountains National ParkPresident Calvin Coolidge signed a bill establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The idea to establish the park in North Carolina and Tennessee originated in […]
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‘Fate of the Furious’ Rides to Third Straight No. 1 while ‘Latin Lover’ Tops Tom Hanks in ‘The Circle’It has become a familiar story “The Fate of the Furious” is, once again, the box […]
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FUQUAY-VARINA The sky was a kaleidoscope over eastern Wake County for Memorial Day weekend. The annual Freedom Balloon Fest, put on by Project Uplift USA, Raleigh Jaycees and WRAL, welcomed an estimated 80,000 visitors […]