Top News Stories of the Week

The Road to Four—ASU Hosts S.C. State in First-Round Playoff Game Saturday

Say goodbye to the folks, pack as many Thanksgiving leftovers as possible into your car and get back to Boone this Saturday—you’ve got a football game to watch. No. 2-seeded ASU will host the South Carolina State Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. Saturday in a first-round playoff game at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
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Boone’s Proposed Water Intake Environmental Assessment Finds Special Concern Mussels

Earlier this month, Boone voters overwhelmingly approved a $25 million bond referendum for a new water intake facility on the South Fork of the New River in the Brownwood area near Todd. Town staff has now turned the focus to an environmental assessment currently underway.

According to Town Manager Greg Young, engineering firm WK Dickson mailed a “scoping” letter to the 18 agencies and departments who will review the assessment, including U.S. Fish & Wildlife, in mid-October. The document outlines the scope of the project—hence the term “scoping” letter—and provides a number of specific project parameters. Read More »

• School Board Moves Closer To Finalizing Tuition Policy
• Tough Talk On Tourism—What Are Local Ski Slopes Doing To Boost Attendance During the Economic Downturn?
• Watauga County Schools Awarded Dropout Prevention Grant
• School Board Passes Core Diploma Policy Based on State Minimum Standards
• Where You Can Buy Christmas in the Mountains Volume 2
• Boone Council Approves Pair of Rezoning Requests—Marriot Hotel Gets Go-Ahead
• Help Haircut 101 Give Crossnore Children a Happy Holiday
• Watauga Education Foundation Annual Flapjack Flip Offers Great Eats December 6
• High Country Adult Soccer Teams Score Big at State Cup
• FEATURE PHOTO—Mabel Volleyball Team Has Perfect Season
• Café Chica for the Holidays
• Would You Like a Few Stats with Your Turkey?
• Prints to Benefit Library Student Employee Scholarship
• Grandfather Mountain Holds Winter Weather Contest—Submission Deadline December 8
• FEATURE PHOTO—Women in Black Raise Awareness of Violence Against Women
• FEATURE PHOTO—Hound Ears Club Celebrates Long-Term Employees
• Robbins Honored by North Carolina Chapter of Landscape Architects Society
• Hunger and Health Coalition Kicks Off Annual Food Drive
• Competition for Entrepreneurs Under Age 18—Entry Deadline Is December 20
• ASU Outdoor Programs Announces Return of Banff Mountain Film Festival March 27 and 28
  
  

The View Stories

Holidays at the Hayes

A world premiere of a new Christmas play, storytelling, cabaret and beautiful mountain music combine for a busy December at the Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock.

First up is the world premiere of Robert Inman’s new play called A High Country Christmas Carol. The Blowing Rock Stage Company brings Dickens’ classic holiday tale to the stage with a Blue Ridge Mountain twist from Friday, December 5, through Sunday, December 14. Read More »

• A Patchwork of Memories Based on Old Timers’ Tales—Teen Actors Remake Old Memories Into Living Performance December 9
• The High Country’s Own Scrooge—A High Country Christmas Carol Premieres December 5 through 14
• The Bolick Family’s Music Roots Run Deep—Glenn Bolick and Family Return To Hayes Center December 7
• Appalachian Presents a Trio of Holiday Concerts
• Studio K Presents The Nutcracker December 13 and 14
• The Nutcracker Ballet Returns to Ashe County December 13—The most well-known Christmas ballet is returning to West Jefferson.
• Mountainhome Music Coming Home Concert Featuring Wayne Henderson and Jeff Little
• Western Watauga Community Center To Host Bi-Monthly Bluegrass Jams
• Third Annual Valle Crucis Fireside Tour December 7
• Hayes School of Music This Week
• Tickets on Sale for Appalachian State University’s Spring 2009 Performing Arts Series Events
• Visiting Writers Series Presents Poet Shirlette Ammons December 4
• The HCP Holiday Rundown—Your Guide to the Holiday Season
• Bolick Pottery and Traditions Pottery 14th Annual Thanksgiving Kiln Opening Saturday
• Christmas Tree Cutting Party December 5 and 6
• Help Haircut 101 Give Crossnore Children a Happy Holiday
• The Lee Boys Bring Sacred Steel Gospel Funk to Boone Saloon December 4
• Living the Good Life—Justin Townes Earle Opens for Old Crow at Legends December 3
• Gallery News
  
  

Shelter Stories

A Jones House Centennial Christmas

A yearlong celebration 100 years in the making will come to a close at the end of December, but not before treating the community to a festive dose of holiday cheer.
The Jones House Community Center, located in the heart of downtown Boone, is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2008, and the winter part of the celebration includes the annual unveiling of the Christmas at the Jones House decorations and the annual lighting of the ASU Solar Christmas Tree. Read More »

• Business Spotlight: Tropical Bar & Restaurant—A Taste of Cuba Comes to Boone
• ASU Team Wins Regional Heat of Creativity Competition—Inventive Students Created a Bike Out of Plastic Bottles
• State Government Internships Available for College Students—Application Deadline Is January 21
• December at Grandfather Mountain Brings Dollar Days To High Country Residents
• Amnesty for Animals Celebrates Christmas in the Valle Saturday
• Holiday Waste Reduction Tips
• DivorceCare & GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays Seminars December 6
• Handmade In Todd Holiday Market December 6 and 7
• Watauga County Farmers’ Holiday Market Saturday
• Ag Information and Upcoming Events

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