Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
February 8, 2007 issue
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Boards Approve High School Site Plan, Construction Manager
The Watauga County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education unanimously approved this site plan at a joint meeting on Monday. Among the reasons they cited for selecting this plan from the three proposals were proximity of parking, use of land features in the school design and significant daylighting for the school building. [full story]
People
- The Winter Weather Showdown Continues: Ray vs. The Woolly Worm Enters Week 8
- Town of Blowing Rock Reports 2006 Accomplishments
- Phone Solicitations for Deputies Not Authorized
- ASU Researchers Discover Health Applications of Natural Plant Substance
- Watauga Schools Turn To AlertNow Messaging Service
- Boham Discusses the Future with Google
- Boone Methodist To Send Mission Team to Guatemala
- Boone Chamber Lunch & Learn: Howard Street Restoration Project
- Senior Tar Heel Legislature Identifies 2007 Priorities
- 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
- Another Twist in Ashe Wind Farm Debate
- Commissioners Consider Zero-Waste Resolution
- Water Committee Discusses Allocation Method, Secondary Pressure Zone
- 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
- Help To Beat Addiction Now a Phone Call Away
- 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