Baby Gorilla Born at NC Zoo Named
Asheboro, NC - A male gorilla born Saturday at the North Carolina Zoo has been named "Bomassa" today. In keeping with traditional policy, the naming was done by the zoo's gorilla keepers. Bomassa is a…
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Posts From: July 2013
Hoover Hired as Visitor Center Manager
Asheboro, NC - The Randolph County Tourism Development Authority recently hired Myra Hoover to assume the new title of Visitor Center Manager for the Heart of North Carolina Visitor Centers* in…
Read MoreVisit Juma's World at the NC Zoo
Asheboro, NC - When summer came rolling in, our family decided to spend one day in Africa and one day in North America - at the North Carolina Zoo. We checked the website and discovered a baby giraffe…
Read MoreBaby Gorilla Born at NC Zoo
Asheboro, NC - A healthy male gorilla was born at the North Carolina Zoo today at about 8 a.m. to 12-year-old "Jamani." Zookeepers witnessed the labor that they described as relatively quick and…
Read MoreWilliams Promoted to Tourism Manager
Asheboro, NC - The Heart of North Carolina Visitors Bureau recently promoted Amber Williams to assume the new title of Tourism Manager on July 1, 2012. Since joining the bureau in February, 2007…
Read MoreThe Collector's Eye, Series II: Seven Perspectives
Seagrove, NC - The Collector's Eye, Series II: Seven Perspectives explores the state's pottery heritage through examples of pottery selected by seven women from their personal collections. The…
Read MoreTwo Seagrove Potteries Celebrate Anniversaries on July 21st
Seagrove, NC - Michèle Hastings & Jeff Brown Pottery and Eck McCanless Pottery are celebrating their shop anniversaries with a Customer Appreciation Day on July 21. Both shops will be open from 10 a.m…
Read MoreGiraffe Born at NC Zoo
ASHEBORO, NC - For the first time since 1996, a giraffe has been born at the North Carolina Zoo. According to keepers, four-year-old "Jamili" gave birth sometime overnight before they arrived at 7 a.m…
Read MoreNC Zoo Helps Host Nature Day Event
Asheboro, NC - As part of the 2013 North Carolina Science Festival, the North Carolina Zoo and other Greater Uwharrie Conservation Partnership agencies will host Nature Day at the N.C. Zoo's Nichols…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Zoo loses baby gorilla
Asheboro, NC - In one of the saddest events in the history of the North Carolina Zoo, a baby gorilla born last weekend died overnight Tuesday. Although the cause of death may never be certain, zoo…
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