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A Sunday concert will celebrate 25 years of Public Radio East, which is based at Craven Community College.

Advance tickets are now available for purchase for the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville planned for March 20-21. This is North Carolina's largest Civil War reenactment and is held at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site.

A local clothing company will be closing their door by the end of 2010, Hanesbrands Inc announced Tuesday.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. The Cape Fear Fair and Expo opens Thursday and continues its three-pronged, 45-year mission to bring educational, agricultural and industrial entertainment to the area.

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. A nationally known peace activist will arrive at Brunswick Community College's Odell Williamson Auditorium Monday evening to find protesters with signs on the venue's lawn.

Submitted by WWAY on 22 October 2009 - 3:22pm. The end of summer does not mean the end of concerts.

A North Carolina woman said a family's lost dachshund apparently walked 80 miles toward home before she found him outside a church.

Music fans will have plenty of variety in a three-county area this weekend and next.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker administers the oath of office to new Superior Court Judge J. Carlton Cole inside the Perquimans County Recreation Department gymnasium, Thursday.

Local family finds dog after two-month disappearance during an August trip to NC.

Advance 8-Year-Old Appearing on 'Time Warp' WXII12.com updated Oct. 12, 2009 ADVANCE, N.C. - WXII12.com An 8-year-old world champion cup stacker will make an appearance on the Discovery Channel show "Time Warp" on Wednesday.

An Advance woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when the car she was riding in went down an embankment and hit a tree off N.C. 801 near Cooleemee, the Highway Patrol said yesterday.

The chief executive officer of Elizabeth City's electricity supplier acknowledged this week that his recent dire warning about the potential costs of proposed federal "cap-and-trade" legislation didn't account for offsets that would be available to some residential customers.

At least one Currituck County official apparently is trying to tone down the county's dispute with Currituck's Alcohol Beverage Control board over the location of a new ABC store in Moyock.

BIRTHDAYS WILLIAM BRANNON BIESECKER WILLIAM BRANNON BIESECKER turned 12 years old on September 30.

To quote Ken Otterbourg in the Sept. 18 Journal , "You spoke. We listened." and you're bringing back the bridge column.

Hanesbrands Inc. is using a Mount Everest climbing expedition to test and showcase the company's advances in high-tech apparel.

Motorcycle News and Talk Show Advance, North Carolina - Top talent and industry insiders from the motorcycle world give their uncut opinions and race stories.

This photo from 1960 shows a production plant at Hanes Hosiery Mill. Now having evolved into Hanesbrands Inc., it will no longer make its own yarn.

Hanesbrands Inc., which makes underwear and hosiery, on Thursday said it is selling most of its yarn manufacturing operations to Parkdale, a yarn manufacturer based in North Carolina.