DECEMBER 17, 2009 ISSUE
Top News · The View · Shelter · Connect
Top News of the Week
More than one year ago, Boone residents voted 1,106 to 408 in favor of allowing liquor-by-the-drink in restaurants and bars…
The second in a series of three community meetings to generate public input for the 2020 Watauga County Parks and Recreation Master Plan took place on…
The High Country just lost its voice. For almost 30 years, the voice of Bill “Fish” Fisher has echoed throughout the local hillsides…
Latest Headlines
- Feature Photo: Meeting Jolly Old Saint Nick for the First Time
- NCDOT Reopens Highway 321 Between Blowing Rock and Lenoir—Crews Suspend Blasting Work, Road Closures on Highway Until January 5
- Body of Missing Seven Devils Woman Found—Discovery Ends Month-Long Search; Information Sought on Husband’s Whereabouts
- ASU’s Board of Trustees Approves Tuition and Fee Increase for 2010-11
Tuition Raises 6.5 Percent, Fees Climb $350 - Boone Council To Consider Smoking Bans, Annexations Thursday
- Haircut 101: 20 Years of Styling High Country Hair
- Valle Crucis School Collects 1,063 Items for The Hunger and Health Coalition
- Unwanted Gift Cards this Holiday Season?
Click to PlasticJungle.com To Sell, Buy, Exchange, Donate Gift Cards - High Country Host Opens Doors for Holiday Party
- Green Your Holiday Routine—Boone Recycling Staff Offers Tips for Holidays
Top News · The View · Shelter · Connect
The View
If you’re craving the holiday spirit or a good belly laugh—and the annoying commercials, incessant traffic and crowded shopping malls just aren’t doing it for you—we here at High Country Press have a recommendation for you. Ten of them, actually…
Check the High Country Press weekly now through the end of the year for a listing of local holiday events. From parades to concerts to local shopping opportunities, we’ll summarize it all for you in the High Country Holiday Checklist…
The View Headlines
- The Sounds of 2010—Live Music in the High Country on New Year’s Eve
- Women of Influence Awards Nomination Deadline January 15
- Here They Come A-Wassailing—Local Group Keeps Caroling Tradition Alive
- Holiday Movies at the Meadowbrook Inn
- Caruso to Begin as County Librarian January 4
- All Are Invited to Attend Upcoming Area Holiday Services
- First Baptist Church of Boone Provides Annual Christmas Day Luncheon
- Christmas Schedule at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
- Len Bauer, Snowsports Director of Sugar Mountain
- Fresh Fridays Series Returns to Appalachian Ski Mountain Friday
- Quarterback Armanti Edwards in Chattanooga Anyway
- Lots of Fans Showed Up for ASU Games, Even in Montana
- Sights, Sounds and Lights of the Season at Carlton Gallery
- Swing Guitars at Pepper’s This Friday
- Looking for a Night Out? Try Your Luck at Trivia—Trivia Nights Popping Up at Multiple Boone Bars
- Brewer's Briefs
Top News · The View · Shelter · Connect
Shelter
The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) recently named this year’s sustainable agriculture award recipients, and a local extension agent took home the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Agent of the Year award…
After being in business from 1976 to 1995, House of Upholstery & Fabrics, Inc. owner Ken Cook “wanted to do something different,” he said…
Shelter Headlines





















