Patterson News

Winners of last year's Carolina Mountain Ribfest were Big Boned Barbecue. Special to the Times-News Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 9:23 p.m. The Carolina Mountain Ribfest will return to the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center Fairgrounds for three days this weekend.

The University of Central Arkansas presidency will be offered to the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the UCA board decided Thursday.

The explosion critically burned four people and one worker was still unaccounted for Tuesday evening.

Federal investigators have served a subpoena on North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood and her office as part of the investigation of former governor Mike Easley and his wife Mary.

Greenhouse tomatoes can produce a lot of fruit. Photo by Darrell Blackwelder, for the Salisbury Post.

Art teacher Dacia Trethewey, who teaches at Parkway School four days each week and at Bethel one day each week, has been named the Watauga County Schools Teacher of the Year for 2009-10. Watauga County schools superintendent Marty Hemric and Parkway School principal Doug Faulkner congratulate 2009-10 Teacher of the Year Dacia Trethewey.

Heavy rain soaked portions of North Carolina on Sunday, causing flooding and mudslides in the west and dropping significant amounts in the east.

The Greensboro Children's Museum is selling raffle tickets for $20 each, six for $100. The winner will be drawn at a gala Monday.

Reed Patterson first began to save plants about to be bulldozed in high school in Chapel Hill, NC.

Experimental high tunnels a few miles from Salisbury will change the way North Carolina farms, predicted the state's top agriculture official.

For several years, Patterson Farms in Rowan County has worked through the federal and state governments to supply strawberries and tomatoes to N.C. public schools.

Mar 28, 2009 Smith Patterson of WSJS in Winston-Salem is the new president of the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcast board.

Smith Patterson of WSJS in Winston-Salem is the new president of the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcast board.

Stan Patterson was enjoying a cigarette outside Hendrix Barbecue in Spencer on Thursday morning and waxing not-so-poetic about the proposed $1 increase in the cost of a pack of smokes.

High tunnels, all the rage in Europe, could extend Rowan County's strawberry season from eight weeks to about six months.

Published: Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 1:13 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 2:02 p.m. CHARLOTTE, N.C. Change to Win Investment Group on Thursday asked Bank of America Corp.'s board to fire ...

The Observer will be unveiling recruiting information for area schools today and Tuesday.

As they have each year, auditors hired by the state again expressed great concerns about the Global TransPark's outstanding Escheat Fund debt.

Gastonia A truck manufacturer says it will lay off more than 2,100 employees at three North Carolina plants because of sagging sales.

Thursday night patrons at The Fiesta Grill on N.C. 54 in the White Cross community have lots of room to stand since three tables were taken from the two dining areas to comply with regulations regarding the ...