Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
February 21, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
- Water Matters: Looking to the State and Federal Governments for Guidance
- Grandfather Mountain Top Shop To Be Torn Down; New Top Shop Built by 2009
- New ABC Taskforce to Resume Quest for Liquor by the Drink in Boone
- New Watauga County Schools Superintendent To Be Announced April 14
- Tammy Guilford Wins 2007 PT Cruiser
- Echota Mountain Madness Basketball Classic at Holmes Center February 25
- A Difference of Legal Opinion: Waiving Permit Fees
- Hunger and Health Coalition Needs Donations
- School Board Revises Student Reassignment Policy
- University Archives To Digitize Historical Photgraphs
- King of the Hill Boardercross and Skiercross at Hawknest This Sunday
- United Students Against Sweatshops Pressure ASU Administration
- Watauga Community Foundation Fundraising Dinner Saturday
- March of Dimes Foothills Division Hosts March for Babies Team Captain Kickoff
The View Stories
- Blowing Rock Stage Company Launches Cabin Fever Theatre
- Thirty-three Young Men To Compete For Mr. WHS Title
- The Real Death Penalty: Capital Punishment in America
- The Exonerated Gives Voice to Innocents on Death Row
- Scholar Nell Painter Discusses Black History March 3
- Acoustic Guitar Master Alex de Grassi Plays Hayes Center March 8
- Cypress String Quartet To Present Mulitmedia Concert February 26
- Senator Sam at the Hayes Center March 14
- Choral Evensong at St. Mary of the Hills Sunday
- Bang, Bang, You're Dead at the Hayes Center Sunday
- ASU Hosts 10th Annual Winter Wonderland Gala This Weekend
- Caveman Mystique Crushes Men's Potential, Professor Says
- Special Guests Join ASU School of Music Concerts
- Nashville's Rising Star-Justin David-Comes to Ashe March 6
- Read for Prizes at the Watauga County Library Through March 22
- New Orleans' Zydepunks Play Black Cat Burrito Friday
- RAQ & Roll at the Green Park Inn March 4
- Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Hosts Online Traditional Artists Directory
Shelter Stories
- Co-Housing: Learn About a New Kind of Neighborhood Saturday
- Business Spotlight: Resort Real Estate and Rentals
- Alfred Adams Leadership Awards Luncheon Honors Local Businesses and Individuals
- Counting the Days Until NAHB Green
- Mountain Alliance Rolling Academy Accepting Applications - Deadline Feb 28
- Boone Public Art Program Looks For Artists To Complete Gateway Project
- Annual Wanda Ball Raises $4,893 for OASIS
- Ag Events in February and March
- Teens Introduce Smoke-Free Chruches Campaign
- Local Fine Woodworker Makes National Splash
- Local Family, Split Apart by Bureaucracy, To Be Reunited Soon
- Upcoming Classes at the American Red Cross of Watauga County
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Year in Review—Shelter Business Spotlight
Story by Sam Calhoun
The High Country—or any community for that matter—is defined by its local business people. Whether born and raised here or from out of town, these entrepreneurial spirits believe in the area so much that they have decided to meld, share and align their business passions with the everyday goings-on of the region. (All Spotlights in 2007)
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