Safe travel (The Post and Courier) --Highway construction will be suspended in North Carolina and South Carolina during the holiday. --State troopers will be stationed in high-crash areas.

SC optimistic despite dim national travel projections (WIS-TV Columbia) (Charleston-AP) May 25, 2006 - High gas prices and worries about the economy have America's tourism industry expecting a flat summer season. But that's not the case in South Carolina.

Record Memorial Day Gas Prices Fail to Deter Holiday Travel Plans (Southern Pines Pilot) For the second straight year, gas prices are at their highest level ever for a Memorial Day holiday. Despite declining prices for the past two weeks, prices are 70 cents higher in North Carolina and 66 cents higher in South Carolina than they were last year.

READING LIFE EDITOR: Are you ready for a road trip? If so, let's go (The Charlotte Observer) Six years ago, my family took a three-night trip to James Island County Park in South Carolina in a 28-foot-long Dutchmen Express RV.

Gardner-Webb to join Big South (The Charlotte Observer) Gardner-Webb will become the 11th member of the Big South Conference, effective July 1, 2008, the league announced Friday.