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Southwest loaded the first portion of its summer schedule today, and it includes a seventh flight from Charlotte. The additional service is a second flight to Houston Hobby (HOU); Southwest…
One of the issues in the airline biz is whether Southwest Airlines can make its business model work in smaller markets. Traditionally, Southwest only has almost exclusively served places that…
Details, including a schedule, will be out on Monday. Source: Southwest’s 3Q2012 earnings press release: The integration of AirTran into Southwest is our top priority and much progress was made…
Less than a day after saying “no decision yet”, Southwest Airlines today put out a press release announcing the fate of the stations it acquired in its acquisition of AirTran…
At least the Myrtle Beach incarnation. Dolly Parton is pulling the plug on the long-running dinner theater attraction. To replace it, something called Pirates’ Voyage. So cowboys and cattle out,…
Jim Bakker is back. Back on TV and back Praising the Lord, in a $25 million complex called Morningside in Branson. More: Visitors stream in, and Darylene Howard eagerly greets…
The News & Observer is just sick about how the former Randy Parton Theater (now Roanoke Rapids Theater) has wasted taxpayer dollars and tainted their beloved candidates for governor, as…
Apropos of your post, Paul, I think a paraphrase of P.J. O’Rourke is in order: Would you kill your mother to turn Roanoke Rapids into Branson?
The Roanoke Rapid Daily Record‘s quest to support the Randy Parton Theater and the Carolina Crossroads complex continues with this piece on a junket to Branson, Mo. Branson, if you…
The News & Observer today previews the grand opening of the Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids, and examines the musical history of Dolly’s brother: His last hit was in…
A mini-history of The News & Observer‘s glowing coverage of the Randy Parton Theater project: July 1, 2005 — Page 1: “Parton brother plans venue in Roanoke Rapids” They see…