February 1, 2007 issue
Top Stories
Questions Around the Offices It’s Ours! North Carolina To Buy Chimney Rock
After nearly 2.5 years of discussions and negotiations, Chimney Rock—the privately owned popular tourist attraction southwest of Asheville—will soon become the property of the State of North Carolina. On Monday, Governor Mike Easley announced that the state had agreed to purchase the landmark in Rutherford County from the
Morse family’s Chimney Rock Company for $24 million. [full story]
Coming Up: Google Academy
Boham Discusses the Future with Google
People
- Goss, Tarleton Report from Raleigh
- Regional Meetings To Focus on New High School Core Course of Study
- What’s the Deal with the Checkoff Box on Your Tax Return?
- State Releases 2005-06 Dropout Figures
- 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
- Boone Mall Update: Panera Bread Company to Open Spring 2007, No Word about Movie Theater, Candy Store Gone
- Owens Drive Residents Asked To Flush Pipes
- DOT Dismisses Rockslide Rumor
- Bistro Roca Eliminates Trans Fat from Menu
- Parkway Foundation Funds Parks as Classrooms
More News
- The Candlemas and Groundhog Day Link
- February Is Black History Month
- 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
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