But the storm changed direction in midafternoon on Friday, washing over the three-county area.

On Oct. 14 the state withdraw the three-county area as a collider site.

In 1997 what it got wasn't quite provincial status, but the three-county area separated from Sìchuān and became a 'special' municipality directly under central government control.

The hotel staff grows to 1,600 during peak seasons, making it, by far, the largest employer in a three-county area.

The tour took the band through the Emerald Triangle, a three-county area where the vast majority of California's marijuana is grown and harvested.

Service is provided to a three-county area that includes Marion, Yamhill, and Polk counties.

The population of the surrounding three-county area grew by 21 percent in the 1980's, to an estimated 2.5 million, with another 200,000 people expected by 1995.

The three-county area each have sheriffs, judges, prosecutors, and other officers, all, except for judges, elected by the county, but funded by the state.

The execution of the crime, or crimes, covered a three-county area and possibly four.

The three-county area contains four of Vermont's nine cities and as of the 2000 Census had a population of 198,889.