BLOWING ROCK, N.C., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent surge of sales activity at Reynolds Blue Ridge could be a sign that the second-home market in North Carolina's High Country is finally on the road to recovery.

By Adam Thompson, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. May 29--GREENSBORO -- Otho Tucker was traveling in Europe last July when Lake Oconee Academy's organizers called and said they wanted a school in less than a month.

By Keich Whicker, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Aug. 22--It's summertime, and the great outdoors is on the minds of Bibb County commissioners. A few weeks after voting to ban the construction of more boat ramps at Lake Tobesofkee, commissioners talked Tuesday about imposing even more restrictions.

ATLANTA - A controversial Greene County charter school received the state's blessing Thursday. The Board of Education voted 9-1 to approve the charter petition for Lake Oconee Academy - a landslide decision on an issue that has divided Greene County residents for months.

ATLANTA - The state De-partment of Education's charter committee did not vote on a controversial Greene County charter school petition Wednesday, leaving the school's fate in the hands of the full school board.