Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
May 3, 2007 issue
Top Stories
Tweetsie Railroad Celebrates
50 Years of Family Fun in 2007
Theme Park Commemorates Golden Anniversary
Season(Full Story)
Architects Present High School Site Plan
The Watauga County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education will conduct a joint meeting in the commissioners’ boardroom on Tuesday, May 8, at 4:00 p.m. to consider this final site plan prepared by sfL+a Architects for the new Watauga High School. (Full Story)
Tie A Yellow Ribbon!
Welcome the 1451st Home This Weekend! (Full Story)
People
- Boone Board of Adjustment Denies Templeton Permit
- Sixth Annual Empty Bowls Event Raises $6,400
- Kiwanis Donate Books to Cove Creek School
- MerleFest 2007 Attracts Big Crowds and Big Spenders
- Relay for Life Team Fundraisers 2007
- Watauga Surgical Group Offers Treatment for Varicose Veins
- May Is National High Blood Pressure Education Month
Places
- Planting Vegetables in the Congo
- Seventy-Six Trombones Parade into Watauga High School May 17 to 19
- White Oak Vaulters Host Mountain Spring Fest May 26
- Celtic Fire Festival of Beltane Celebrates Life
- ARDI Leadership Summit June 11
- Spring Naturalists’ Rally at Roan Mountain Friday through Sunday
- Valle Country Fair Grant Applications Deadline June 15
- New River Zoo in Fleetwood Reopens