Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
February 22, 2007 issue
On A
Clear Day...
Cold air blew through Friday night and created conditions right for photographing the skyline of Charlotte from Grandfather Mountain on Saturday morning, February 17. It is a rare day that the air is clear enough to see the Queen City, located 80 air miles southeast of Grandfather Mountain. Photo courtesy of Jesse Pope
At a work session on Monday night, the Watauga County Board of Commissioners learned that a preliminary cost estimate for grading two 90 by 120-foot soccer fields and parking areas is more than a half million dollars. [full story]
Sorry We’re Late – Everybody’s Been SickHigh Country Press came out a day late this week because our office has been decimated by illness. When you have a tiny staff of just nine full-time folks, and seven of them are too sick to get out of bed, the schedule slips a bit.
Taz Is Home! Second Horse Stolen from Avery County Recovered