March 6, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
- The Price and the Faces of Progress: High Country Cleaners
- Wettest Day in 18 Months
- Peacock Responds to Hoax in Letter To Students and Faculty
- Fear—Then Anger
- Understanding the Stimulus Payment
- Goss Urges District Teachers to Participate in Working Conditions Survey
- February at Grandfather Mountain Brings Warm and Dry Weather
- radioIO: From the Bedroom to the Boardroom
- Mr. WHS Raises $33,000+ for Three Families
- Board of Elections Anticipates Record Turnout for May Primary
- State Board of Elections Announces Presidential Primary Ballot
- Elon Polling Identifies Front Runners in Political Contests
- Watauga GOP Finds No Candidates for Commission Seats
- Candidates Address Local Republicans at Convention
The View Stories
- It’s Time to Register for Spring Sports, Summer Camps
- Fiddler-Guitarist Mike Cross at Hayes Center March 15
- Bee Ready: Seventh Annual Spelling Bee for Grown Ups Is March 11
- Watauga County Announces Kindergarten Orientation Schedule
- ASU’s Programs for Women’s History Month Begin March 17
- Boone Kiwanis Club To Host Benefit Swing Dance March 15
- Visiting Writers Series Presents Jo Carson March 20
- VFW Post 7031 in Boone To Host Live Music Benefit This Friday
- MerleFest Early Bird Ticket Sales End March 14
- Meditation Class Starts Sunday in West Jefferson
- Avery Arts Council Announces New Website, Quilt Trail Workshop
- Boone Flooded with New Works During Art Crawl Friday
- New Golf Academy at Jefferson Landing Begins This Spring
- Triad Standouts Thacker Dairy Road Play Murphy’s March 15
- High Country Local Musician Spotlight: Klee Liles
Shelter Stories
- Leola Street Community Garden Kicks Off New Season
- Free Entrepreneur Workshop Series Begins April 1
- Get To Know Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development
- Center for Entrepreneurship Offers Seminars on Technology Commercialization, Capital Formation And Intellectual Property in March and April
- Our Daily Bread Renovations Coming To A Close
- Salvation Army Thrift Store Grand Opening Saturday
- Top Ways to Add Value to Your Home
- AF Bank And Insurance Donates Office Space To Appalachian Women’s Fund
- New Video and Guide Promote Teen Breast Health
- March Is Red Cross Month
- Appalachian Begins After-School Science Enrichment Program for Home-Schooled and Minority Students
- Blazing Saddles Receives International CreateAThon Services
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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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