May 25, 2006 issue
Top Stories
Three Petitioners Request Additional Funds at Public Hearing
Summer School Offered For Watauga County Students
Construction Begins on ASU Skywalk
Watauga Commissioners Award $20,000 Match Grant to Skatepark Council
Feature Photo Skatepark
Shoefiti Comes To Boone
Boone Town Council Rezones High School Property, Considers New Moratorium
NALC Food Drive Collects 13,300 Pounds of Nonperishable Food in One Day
The Origins and Observances of Memorial Day
Choices For Sustainable Living Class Starts in West Jefferson
Most Dangerous Highways in the High Country
Watauga Community Foundation Awards $2,400 in Grants
Escapist Literature--For Those Who Need It Most
Is Chronic Wasting Disease A Threat In The High Country?
Choices, Pressures and Consequences
Posted May 18
Commissioners Tackle FY 2006-07 Budget
High School Site Rezoning Receives Broad-Based Support at Public Hearing
Moore Puts Surplus in Perspective, Predicts Passage of Minimum Wage Increase
The Transition from Tobacco: Five Grants Awarded in Watauga County
“Tipping” the United Nations, Appalachian-Style
Get a Deal at the Boone Surplus Property Auction
Buckeye Lake Recreation Center Announces May Schedule
Collaborative Biodiesel Project Receives Top Honors in Washington D.C.
2006 NC Big Sweep – Looking for Zone Captains and Volunteers
Watauga Considers Updating Animal Control Ordinance
Posted May 11
The High Country: “Green” Destination of Choice?
Blue Ridge Energy League Develops Plan for Business Owners to Improve the Bottom Line
Appalachian Skatepark To Be Delivered June 12
Official 2006 Primary Election Results for Watauga & Avery Counties
Price Lake Lowered For Sediment Removal
Makoto’s Wins Small Business Of The Year
Local Activist Pushes For Solar Powered School
Avery’s Humane Society Sends Dogs to Prison for Reform
Ginn’s Plans for Laurelmor Nearly Complete
Reminder of the Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
New Taco Bell and Backyard Cookout Style Restaurants Coming To Boone Soon
Correction…
Posted May 4, 2006
Primary Election Results
Fire Destroys The Best Cellar Restaurant
Boone Gears Up for Graduation Weekend
Project Graduation Fundraiser Planned for This Weekend, May 5-7
Watauga County Farmers’ Market Opens May 6
Ashe County Farmers Market—Open and Ready for Business
High Country Residents Head to UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York
Fourth Annual Adult Services Expo at Boone Mall May 16
Find Everything You Need (and Then Some) at the Home and Remodeling Exposition May 19, 20, and 21
Caldwell Offers Online SAT/ACT Preparation Course
Feature Photo of Ben Long
Posted April 27
Watauga County Loses Its Most Famous Castle
Election 2006
Precincts | Canidate Bios
Primary Voting in Avery County | Primary Voting in Watauga County
Steep-Slope Taskforce Scope Draws Criticism
Booting Battle: Restaurant Owner Voices Concern Over Immobilization Practices
Parkway Foundation Announces Fundraisers
Kulynych Family Life Center Opens in Wilkesboro
Health Department Ratings are Online
Appalachian Cultural Museum Moves This Week
Dioxins: What Are They and Where Are They?
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