MARCH 18, 2010 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Out of 100 North Carolina counties, Watauga ranks No. 1 for percentage of residents without health insurance. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, roughly 29 percent of Watauga County residents, or 9,954 people, are uninsured…
The 2010 Census questionnaires began arriving at households throughout North Carolina from March 15 through 17, according to a press release…
Just less than two months before its fifth birthday, High Country Press received word it had garnered new honors and accolades from the North Carolina Press Association (NCPA)…
Latest Headlines
- Almost Spring?—Spring Officially ArrivesThis Saturday at 1:32 p.m.
- Cooperative Extension Hosts Drinking Water Screening April 7—Residents Can Begin Picking Up Sample Bottles Thursday
- Charrette on Proposed Watauga Recreation Center Thursday—Architects Want Input on Desired Programming from Residents
- 2nd Annual High Country Winegrowers Association Meeting March 31
- Women’s History Month—Volunteering Stitched By Women Into Fabric Of Nation
- USDA Requires Additional Studies for Boone Raw Water Intake
- Standing Room Only Crowd at Boone Area Cyclists Meeting
- Tweetsie Railroad Hosts Annual Job Fair March 20—More Than 200 Seasonal Employees Needed for 2010 Season
- Boone’s Biggest Winner Weight Loss Challenge Starts March 30
- Pioneer Prom Boutique—Making Dreams Come True for the Big Day
- Take the 2010 Feinstein Challenge—Help The Hunger and Health Coalition End Hunger in Watauga County
- Watauga Landfill Tipping Fee Waiver Extended to June 7—Applies to Wood Waste from Christmas Day 2009 Ice Storm
- Pancake Breakfast To Benefit Humane Society March 27
- April Symposium at ASU Celebrates Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary
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Five years ago, hundreds of people gathered in Boone for the Black Banjo Gathering, a seminal event that resulted in the expansion of scholarship, recording, recognition and performance of African American banjo and old-time music…
Easter falls on Sunday, April 4, this year, but High Country Easter egg hunts start well before then. It’s time to dig up the bunny, chick or duck outfits, grab the Easter baskets and start making plans to hunt for eggs…
The View Headlines
- Banff Mountain Film Festival Tickets Going Fast—Roughly 700 Tickets Still Available for Each Night, 2,000 Total Sold
- Community Garden Begins Fifth Year—First Workday This Saturday; Plots Still Available
- ASU Diversity Celebration March 23
- Hearing Wedding Bells?—Chetola Resort Hosts High Country Wedding Expo March 28
- Appalachian Dance Ensemble Spring Concert March 24 to 27
- High Country Comicon at National Guard March 27—Show Features Comics, Art, Collectibles, Magic the Gathering Tournament
- Fire on the Rock Quarterfinals Begin March 23 and 24
- High Country Audubon To Host Weekly Bird Walks
- ASU Opera Presents The Elixir of Love March 25 to 28
- Burdett Performs To Benefit Lazybird Andy Christopher—Show at Black Cat Friday

- Hayes School of Music This Week
- The New Familiars at Boone Saloon March 25
- Heavy Weather at Canyons Friday
- Brewer's Briefs
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In a time when even green builders admit that all the facets of and options for green building programs are confusing, it cannot be argued that the newly constructed, soon-to-be home of Bonnie and Stuart Mangum…
“One little boy thought we were a boomerang store,” recalled Lori Tucker, co-owner of Framing by Lori with husband Dale, with a smile. “He thought we were the greatest store in Boone”…
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