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Fall Hiking Challenge 2025 Banner Graphic with the Friends of Johnston County Parks

JoCo Fall Hiking Challenge

By Ashby Brame on Sep. 26, 2025

The Friends of Johnston County Parks and local partners invite residents and visitors alike to lace up their boots and hit the trail for the 2025 JoCo Fall Hiking Challenge, running from October 1…

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Countywide Clean Up Voluntourism Opportunity

By Ashby Brame on Apr. 17, 2025

What is voluntourism you ask? Voluntourism is a form of tourism in which travelers participate in voluntary work, typically for charity. Earth Day is an exceptionally good time for visitors, and…

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Sunset over a vineyard on the Johnston County Beer Wine Shine Trail

Introducing the Beer, Wine, Shine Trail Digital Pass!

By Ashby Brame on Jun. 28, 2024

With a growing craft beverage scene in Johnston County, the VisitJoCo Team has been hard at work over the last 6 months reimagining how to package and promote the Beer, Wine, & Shine Trail. The trail…

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Purple and gold gown from Jewels Formals in Smithfield, NC.

Jewel's Formals - An Accessory to Confidence

By Ashby Brame on Jun. 29, 2015

For as long as I can remember, Jewel's has been a beacon of cloth and color on the corner of Market and Third in downtown Smithfield. Through rain and sun and snow, the dazzling dresses in the window…

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Portrait of Amanda Daughtry, a singer from Johnston County, NC.

JoCo Has Talent! - Meet Amanda Daughtry

By Donna Bailey-Taylor on Nov. 17, 2014

For a series of BLOG articles, the Johnston County Visitors Bureau wants to introduce to our readers a host of talented artists and performers from around the county. First, we sat down with Benson's…

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Visitors shopping at the 301 Endless Yard Sale, Johnston County, NC.

JCVB Wins Four Marketing Awards

By Donna Bailey-Taylor on Oct. 10, 2014

Each year in the fall, the Destination Marketing Association of NC, the state's trade association for Convention & Visitor Bureaus, hosts an education conference and awards competition. Statewide…

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Two bicyclists riding road bikes in Johnston County, NC.

Part I - Sports Council Develops Bike Routes

By Donna Bailey-Taylor on Sep. 15, 2014

Part One in a four part series on the new JoCo Bike Routes One of the first county-wide projects the Johnston County Sports Council tackled was developing new on-road routes for biking enthusiasts…

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Wine Trail Expands in Johnston County

By Donna Bailey-Taylor on Aug. 01, 2014

After three years and over 1,000 people completing the Muscadine Heritage Wine Trail , the Johnston County Visitors Bureau has expanded the trail to include a new brewery and a distillery in the…

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Ava Gardner appeared on the cover of Our State Magazine.

Ava Graced the Cover of Our State Magazine

By Donna Bailey-Taylor on Feb. 18, 2014

Ava Gardner, a native of Johnston County would appear on thousands of magazine covers during her career as one of Hollywood's elite stars. She was also the first and only North Carolina woman to be…

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