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Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country | Founded 05-05-05
Aug 7, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
ASU Proposes Rezoning Land Above Poplar Grove Road
The Town of Boone’s Development Services Department first notified adjacent property owners by a letter dated July 24 that Appalachian State University had filed a request to rezone two tracts on the western campus boundary lying south of Poplar Grove Road. (Full Story)
Vulcan Materials Donates Memorial Stone to 1451st National Guard Armory
Last Thursday morning, the National Guard Armory on Hunting Hills Lane in Boone took delivery of a 5-ton stone, donated and delivered by Vulcan Materials.
“I wanted this rock more than I want to go to heaven,” said Tess Miles, a strong supporter of the 1451st Transportation Company...
(Full Story)
- America's Oldest Horse Show Continues This Week
- DOT Explains Highway 105 Traffic Proposals
- Watauga Commissioners Approve Year-Round Electronics Recycling Program
- Avery YO! Host Parent Registration and Orientation August 14
- Concert to Benefit Ashe Library September 5 - Tickets on Sale Now
- Watauga County Youth Active at Recent 4-H Congress
- Horn in the North, South, East, and West
- Crippen's Hosts Charity Wine Dinner August 12
- Hunger and Health Coalition Rummage Sale and Auction Great Success
- Minibike Program Launched at Rainbow Center's High Country Academy
- Daniel Boone Days: Marking Boone's Local Trails
- Daniel Boone Not A Good Family Man, Says Family Member
- New Books Coming to the Watauga County Library in August
- Liza-Towell Boyd and Family, Clients Compete at Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show
- Mad Hatter's Ball and Silent Auction To Benefit S.A.F.E. August 23
- Nature Photography Workshop August 24 and 25
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The View Stories
Music Festivals Galore!!!
You’ve been to the beach already. The concrete at the swimming pool is too hot to walk on. You know every bend on all the local trails and TV reruns are beyond boring. Face it—you need to get out and boogie away the dog days of summer, and local music festivals are just the place to do it. (Full Story)
- Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival August 15 to 17
- Riverwalk Arts Festival in Newland August 16
- Vampires Attack Horn in the West: Dracula To Be Perfromed Friday and Saturday
- Blowing Rock Stage Presents Neil Simon's Rumors August 15 to 24
- Ashe Little Theatre Presents I'll Never Be Hungry Again August 21 to 24
- Mountainhome Music Presents An Irish Blessing Saturday
- Special Programs at the Banner House Museum August 9 to 16
- Barn Dance in Beech Mountain August 16
- This Week in Free Music
- 31st Annual Daniel Boone Motorcycle Rally August 14 to 17
- Artist's Reception for Raymond Chorneau Saturday
- ASU Football Fan Fest at Kidd Brewer Stadium August 16
- Blowing Rock Stage Company Auditions August 18 - Teen Actors Guild Auditions August 17
- 2nd Annual Playhouse Family Music Fest Set for August 16 in Sugar Grove
- Dobro Master Jerry Douglas Glides Into Music on the Mountain August 23
- Daniel Boone Days Brings Music Back to Horn in the West September 6
- New River Blues Fest Returns to Jefferson Landing August 31
- Hayes Center Presents An Evening with Groucho August 19 - Actor Brings Marx Borthers Legacy to Blowing Rock
- Blowing Rock Jazz Society Hosts reidline Quintent This Sunday
- Classical String Trio Time for Three Plays Hayes Center Fundraiser August 18
- This Week on the Parkway
- Gallery News
Shelter Stories
Going Green at Grandfather Mountain
At Grandfather Mountain, practically the entire park—including the Nature Museum restaurant, the Fudge Shop, and even the gravel parking lot—is becoming more eco-friendly. (Full Story)
- Business Spotlight: The Dande Lion's Shooz & Shiraz
- The Nature Conservancy and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation Move Into Boone To Save Animal Habitats
- Special Prices for Male Pets at the Watauga Humane Society's Big Fix August 21
- Boone Hires Communications Firm To Handle PR For Water Intake Project
- Fungi with the Fun Guy at Audubon Meeting August 18
- Workshop for Landowners in Western North Carolina August 22 - Registration Deadline August 14
- Ashe Really Cares Seeks Help With Rent
- Geolexicology Presentation At Watauga Library August 12
- Feature Photo - Horn in the West Gives Back
- Crafter's Profile: Jeff Martin Explores Ceramics
- Mysterious Crystal Skulls in High Country August 10 to 14
- Local Gardens: Dan'l Boone Inn in Bloom
- Regional Artist Project Grant Workshops in August
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