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Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country | Founded 05-05-05
July 17, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
Tweetsie Land Interest Rate: 5.942 Percent
If the Local Government Commission approves the financing proposal, Watauga County will pay an interest rate of 5.942 percent on a land purchase at Tweetsie Railroad. (Full Story)
Commissioners Crack Down at the Skate Park
In a couple of weeks, skaters at the Watauga County Skate Park will face a slew of new rules, and a security guard from Protection Security Service, Inc. will make sure that they abide by those rules. (Full Story)
- A One-Stop Nonprofit Shop
- Boone Board of Adjustment Approves Two Condo Projects, Harris Teeter Expansion
- Red Cross Issues Urgent Call For All Blood Types
- Globe Forest Hike to Thurnderhole Falls Saturday
- Grand Boulevard Neighborhood Resident Asks Town Council To Rescind No Left Turn Decision
- First Ever Women's Convention 160th Anniversary This Weekend
- Art Auction and Fine Dining for a Good Cause at the Mountain Palette Gala
- 7th Annual Pig Pickin' to Benefit Watauga Arts Council August 2
- Real-Life Treasure Hunter Mike Daniel at the Hayes Center July 29
- Local 11-Year-Old Runner Qualifies For 2008 AAU Junior Olympics Nationals
- DBDA Public Art Program To Install New Sculpture at Boone Town Hall July 31
- 45th Annual Ward Family Reunion Held at Beech Mountain This Year
- Classical Conversations Supplemental Academic Program Currently Enrolling Students
- Applications Available for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
- New Books Coming to the Watauga County Library in June and July
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The View Stories
Real Jobs, Real People: Blue Ridge Community Theatre Presents Musical Working July 31 to August 3
Full time, part time, nine-to-five, third shift—just about everybody has a J.O.B. Going to work is a common activity uniting all of us, and maybe that’s why it’s a good subject for the stage. The Blue Ridge Community Theatre will perform the musical Working, based on Studs Terkel’s book of interviews of American workers, Thursday through Sunday, July 31 to August 3. (Full Story)
TAKE A LOOK: An Appalchian Summer Guide
- An Appalachian Summer Schedule
- An Appalchian Summer Festival Presents Folk Icon Judy Collins This Saturday
- The World-Famous Count Basie Orchestra Performs July 23
- Triad Stage Presents Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama Doubt July 24 and 25
- Charlie Daniels Band Finale Fireworks Concert July 26
- Crossnore School Presents Miracle on the Mountain July 22 to 27
- Avery Chamber Hosts High Country Wine Event in Banner Elk July 19
- Sign Up for Youth Fall Sports Now
- Art Lessons Notebook Workshop at Watauga Library July 22
- Mountainhome Music Presents The Circuit Riders Saturday
- This Week in FREE Live Music
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival July 31 to August 3
- 85th Annual Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Begina July 30
- Art and Antiques Show in Blowing Rock July 31 to August 3
- Symphony on the Lawn at Chetola July 25
- 50th Annual Tour of Homes July 25
- Blowing Rock's Art in the Park This Saturday
- Eclectic Florida Folkies The Mayhaws Play Woodlands This Saturday
- Gallery News
Shelter Stories
ASU’s Resource Conservation Manager Works To Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Over the past decade, ASU has emerged as a statewide and national leader when it comes to sustainability. Featuring the foremost appropriate technology department in the state and a student body that charges itself a student fee for renewable energy projects, ASU is about as green as universities come.
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- Business Spotlight: Blackberry Creek Mattress Outlet
- Community Open House at Seby B. Jones Cancer Center July 26
- 29th Annual Mountain Greenery Field Day July 31
- Boone Point Completion Anticipated in October-November
- Boone Increases Water and Sewer Rates
- High Country Home Builders Association Supports The Next Generation
- Local Gardens: Small Community Garden Plot Yields Big Harvest
- The Blue Ridge Parkway and FRIENDS' Third Annual Photo Contest
- Daniel Boone Days: Frontiersman's Ties to Local Families
- Donation to Appalachian Women's Funs Hispanic Women's Group Garden
- Farm Profile: Moretz Mountain Orchard Has First Apples in a Year
- This Week on the Parkway
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