FEBRUARY 5, 2009 ISSUE
Top News of the Week
Snow Tubing Takes Off at Hawksnest—Largest Snow Tubing Park On East Coast Boasting Increased Attendance and Popularity Since Changing Direction
The High Country has long been known as ski country and now, thanks to Hawksnest Resort, you can start calling it snow tubing country, too.
Hawksnest Resort, one of the High Country’s original ski resorts, changed its offering to snow tubing only for the 2008-09 winter snowsport season in the hopes of increasing attendance and securing a steady tourist flow to the region. The gamble paid off and now Hawksnest Resort is the largest snow tubing park on the East Coast and gaining notoriety by the day. Read More »
Proposed Conservation District Sparks Controversy
At Monday’s Quarterly Public Hearing, residents of a neighborhood off Queen Street made their case to the Boone Area Planning Committee and the Boone Town Council for establishing a Queen Street neighborhood conservation district, but some attendees raised objections, citing discrimination and excessive regulation. Read More »
More Top News
- Help the Blue Ridge Parkway Celebrate Its 75th Anniversary
- Local Restaurants Offering Great Lunch Specials
- Talking About the Stimulus
- Watauga Has State’s Second-Lowest Unemployment Rate at 5.7 Percent
- North Carolina School Report Cards Released
- Hope for the Horn—Richardson Returns as Artistic Director of Horn in the West
Auditions for 2009 Season at Watauga High School February 14 - February Is National African-American History Month
- Girl Scout Cookies Are Here—Buy an Extra Box or Two for Active-Duty Military Personnel
- Watauga County Identifies Projects for Federal Stimulus Funds
- ASU Students Participate in N.C. Local Government Service Corps Project To Help Economically Distressed Communities
- ASU Jazz Band Performs at Blowing Rock Jazz Society’s Monthly Concert Sunday
- Native American Musician, Artist Bill Miller at ASU February 18
The View Stories
Immigrant Songs—Scythian Brings Raucous Celtic Gypsy Rock to Canyons February 12
It was like shooting fish in a barrel. The thousands of people who cycle through the bus lines at MerleFest sometimes spend as little as 30 seconds and sometimes more than an hour waiting for the free shuttles back to the campgrounds and parking lots. But at the end of each evening, all four lines are slammed full of people just biding their time after spending the evening grooving to their favorite performers. Last year was no different.
The four members of Scythian, having nothing better to do until their debut MerleFest performance the following morning, snagged their instruments and a roll of stickers and proceeded to crank out energetic, cross-cultural, Celtic-inspired jams for scores of unsuspecting bus riders. And it worked. While not every person who enjoyed their music that night attended their set the next day, they certainly remembered the band’s unbridled enthusiasm and their name. Read More »
More View Stories
- Rave On: A Tribute To Buddy Holly at Broyhill Center in Lenoir Saturday
- Valentine’s Day—Need Something To Do?
- Author Robert Morgan to Speak at the Library February 11
- The Vagina Monologues at ASU February 11 to 13
- Try Your Luck at the Library’s Chocolate Bingo on Friday the 13th
- Downtown Boone Art Crawl Friday
- Sol y Canto in Jefferson February 10
- Jam-Mania Ample Example Joins Ohio’s One Under at The Dragonfly Friday
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Tough Man Contest Returns to Armory February 13 and 14
Shelter Stories
Hiking With Grandfather—Changes Announced Regarding Sales of Hiking Permits
Grandfather Mountain and its off-site permit outlets are no longer selling 12-month hiking permits. One-day hiking permits are still required until the sale of Grandfather Mountain to the state is complete, and are available at the Grandfather Mountain ticket gate. Hiking permits are no longer available at off-site permit outlets such as Footsloggers and Mast General Store.
According to Grandfather Mountain President Crae Morton, the final paperwork for the sale of Grandfather Mountain and its backcountry to North Carolina should be completed by the end of February or beginning of March. At that time, when the sale is official, hiking on many of Grandfather’s trails will be free.
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More Shelter Stories
- Business Spotlight: Relax and Rejuvenate at The Sanctuary
- Now is the Time to Sign Up for This Season’s Bounty!—High Country CSA Offers Shares for 2009 Season
- Master Gardener Program Application Deadline February 16
- Goss Urges Taxpayers To Check for Eligibility for Earned Income Tax Credit
- NCDOT Swat-A-Litterbug Program Sees 23 Percent Increase In Litter Reporting
- Nominees Announced for First-Ever Great Friend to Families Award—Award Luncheon Scheduled for February 27
- Broyhill Inn’s Conference Facility Goes Hi-Tech
- High Country Hospice Benefit Sale February 13, 14, 20 and 21—Mountain Décor Store Donates Entire Inventory
- Ashe County Farmers Winter Market Saturday
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