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"Godless" Billboard to go up in Asheville
A series of billboards set to go up across the state have some people upset. The billboards are sponsored by the North Carolina Secular Society, who wanted them up just in time for the July 4th holiday. The group wants a positive message that will encourage Americans to be more accepting of "free thought."
A series of billboards set to go up across the state have some people upset. The billboards are sponsored by the North Carolina Secular Society, who wanted them up just in time for the July 4th holiday. The group wants a positive message that will encourage Americans to be more accepting of "free thought."
Tuesday, June 22 2010, 12:13 PM EDT
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NC newspaper completes sale to Alabama company
September 02, 2010 15:59 EDT
WASHINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- An eastern North Carolina daily newspaper has completed details of its sale to an Alabama-based company.
The Washington Daily News announced Thursday that the newly formed Washington Newsmedia, LLC, an affiliate of Boone Newspapers, Inc., completed purchase of the newspaper from the Futrell family.
Completion of the sale ends more than 60 years of operation by the Futrell family. The late Ashley B. Futrell became editor and publisher of the newspaper in 1949.
Ashley B. "Brownie" Futrell Jr., who succeeded his father in the newspaper
s top leadership positions, retired on Wednesday after 32 years with the family business. He will have an ownership interest in Washington Newsmedia.
Boone Newspapers owns and manages 37 newspapers in similar-sized communities in eight states, including North Carolina.
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