Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
March 29, 2007 issue
Top Stories
Cemetery Located on High School Property
Hartley Family Objects to Disinterment
Jay Thacker of Seramur and Associates (left) and ArchieJohnson, a member of the Hartley family, grimace and trade quips about their strength as they carry what could be a gravestone up the hill from a brush pile near the rediscovered cemetery. The stone was so heavy, the men had to stop for breaks several times during their trip up the hill. Reuben Harley’s handwritten will from 1857 (left) sets aside “one acre of land for a burial ground to be measured off and fenced in with posts and plank.” Photo by Kathleen McFadden(Full Story)
Queen Proposes Split of 24th Judicial District
DA: “A Total Waste of Millions of Dollars of Taxpayer Money”
State Senator Joe Sam Queen, who represents Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell and Yancey counties, has introduced a bill to split the 24th Prosecutorial and Judicial District into two districts. District Attorney Jerry Wilson opposes the bill.
People
- Legislative Reports—What’s Happening in Raleigh?
- How They Voted
- Students Awarded in Wetlands are Wonderful Contests
- Watauga 4-H Livestock Club Establishes Roots
- Easley Leads Lottery Funding Change Effort
- Children’s Council: Numbers and Narratives Touching Families One by One
- Lunch and Learn Focuses on Low-Impact Development
Places
- Banner Elk Wastewater Treatment Key to Future Growth
- What a Bush Can Do to a Tree Bush Budget Proposes National Forest Land Sales
- Researchers Find a New Location of Hibernating Bats on Grandfather
- Highway 321 Widening: On Track for Completion by December 2008
- National Committee for the New River Hosts Cleanup Saturday