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Authorities Search NC Park for Missing Woman

(Nov. 1) -- Officers from several North Carolina law enforcement agencies have joined the search for Crystal Lynn Ham, a 25-year-old woman whose vehicle was found abandoned at a state park last week. "We don't have any reports of any sightings and she hasn't been found yet," North Carolina State Parks spokeswoman Tina...

N. Carolina Hiker Bumps Into President, First Lady

(April 26) -- On a remote wooded path in North Carolina on Friday, a 65-year-old woman took a solitary hike. Little did she know she'd meet President Barack Obama and the first lady along the way. The chance encounter happened when Westerville, Ohio, resident Karen Russell was hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail just off...

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08/31/11 Kids in Parks gets grant to go national Source: Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville NC A $701,000 grant to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundations Kids in Parks program will help kids in Western North Carolina and around the country get off couches, away from video screens and back into parks.
05/25/11 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, RaysWeather.com partner... Source: News-Record & Sentinel - Alexander NC The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and RaysWeather.com are partnering to produce the 2012 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Calendar.
05/18/11 Certificates Available for Blue Ridge Parkway... Source: High Country Press - Boone NC "This is no ordinary road. With grand mountains on either side, rich Appalachian cultures along the way, and stunning landscapes from beginning to end."
04/15/11 Mother Nature causes change of plans with National... Source: CBS - WDBJ 7 - Roanoke VA Adjustments are being made to Saturday's National College Blue Ridge Marathon.
10/14/10 Blue Ridge Parkway to be focus of event Source: TriCities.com - Bristol VA Stretching 469 miles, the Blue Ridge Parkway connects the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Shenandoah National Park. "And the ribbon of the parkway gives North Carolina , Tennessee and Virginia a sense of place," said Lynn Davis of Blacksburg , Va. The road reaches within an hour of the Tri-Cities region, cutting through southeastern Grayson County , Va. , and bordering places like the Chetola Resort in nearby Blowing Rock, N.C. , and the adjacent town of Boone .