Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
January 25, 2007 issue
Top Stories
Boone Faces Steep Slope Suit
Local Property Owners Seek Injunctive Relief
Four couples, one individual and an LLC are the plaintiffs in a suit filed against the Town of Boone seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions against the town’s recently adopted steep slope and viewshed protection regulations. The ordinances, passed as amendments to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance, apply to properties in the town limits and the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. [full story]
People
- Town Council Tables Water Request
- High Country United Way Inches Closer to $500,000 Goal
- Local Man Charged in Stabbing Death of His Brother Released on Bail
- Soldiers from North Carolina Killed in Iraq
- Senate Approves Dole, Burr Resolution Commending ASU’s National Football Championship
- Ray vs. The Woolly Worm—First Report Winter 2006-2007
- North Carolina Home Foreclosures at All-Time High
- Become Financially Literate in 2007
- Welch Named Junior Cotillion Director for Avery and Watauga
- New Administrators Join Lees-McRae College
Places
- Harvesting The Globe: Where Is the Truth?
- Owens Drive Residents Asked To Flush Pipes
- DOT Dismisses Rockslide Rumor
- Bistro Roca Eliminates Trans Fat from Menu
- Parkway Foundation Funds Parks as Classrooms
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- Free Income Tax Assistance Available at Senior Centers
- Claim a One-Time-Only Telephone Tax Credit
- Rabies Is on the Rise
- Public Notice of Industrial Users’ Hazardous Waste Reporting Requirements
- Losing and Winning in Iraq
- Motorcycle Deaths Increase in North Carolina
- Extension Advisory Council Discusses 2007 Plans, 2006 Accomplishments
- Agriculture-Related Opportunities: Tree Pests, Season Extension, Organics, Whole-Farm Planning, Value-Added Dairy