MAY 20, 2010 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Who are we? Are we a vacation locale anchored by a university? Are we one of the last bastions of the hippie culture, living out our days while absorbing new recruits? Are we are a bunch of tourist towns…
On August 31, Watauga County voters will go to the polls to decide through referendum whether to enact a quarter-cent sales tax that will be used to fund future recreation and community facilities…
Mountain Home Music, an annual concert series that honors the music and musicians of the Appalachian region, begins its 17th season on Sunday, May 30…
Latest Headlines
- Final Open House at the Current Watauga High School
- Downtown Boone Businesses, Property Owners Receive MSD Tax Survey—Town Requests Surveys Returned Within Next Week
- Indoor Practice Facility Sought for New High School
- Work Resumes on New AppalCART Facility
- ASU Could Lose 180 Classes, 30 Faculty Positions Under Proposed State Budget—Peacock Encourages Advocacy Effort During UNC Legislative Day May 25
- Students Hope To Re-Open Banner Elk’s Center Theatre
- Saving Our Kids and Rivers From Drugs—Operation Medicine Cabinet Hopes To Build on Previous Success this Saturday
- Community Health Fair in Avery County May 27
- Census Takers Visit N.C. Households May 1 to Mid-July—State, Avery and Watauga County Census Participation Rates Up from 2000 Census
- Local Youth Angler Wins Fly Casting Competition
- Todd Ruritan Awards Ruby Trivette Scholarships
- Expert To Speak on Healthcare Reform Legislation Friday—Attend Free Event, Learn How Legislation Will Affect You
- Wilkes County Schools Pilot Project Appears Successful—Will Raleigh Support its Continuation?
- Hunger and Health Coalition Distributes Record Number of Food Boxes in March
- Feature Photo: Youth Service Day
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The View
If you’re outside and hear live music playing this summer, keep your wallet in your back pocket. Plenty of local organizations coordinate free summer music series each year…
The 3rd annual Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony will be hosted by the Wilkes Heritage Museum on Saturday, June 12…
Whether you are on the verge of building a new home or readying to complete a home improvement project, the free High Country Home Show will provide a chance to get professional input on all aspects…
The View Headlines
- Square Dances at Linville Land Harbor Begin Friday
- High Country Jr. Golf Clinic Set for May 25 and 27
- Esseola Lodge To Open for 118th Season
- Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Hosts Young Professionals’ Party May 27
- Oasis Shriners To Return, Parade in Blowing Rock June 4 and 5—Oasis Band Concert Friday, Luncheon and Fashion Show Saturday
- High Country Writers Annual Awards Ceremony May 27
- 2nd Annual Banner Elk Herb Festival May 29 and 30
- New Leaser at High Country Fairgrounds—Public Invited To Sublease Venue
- Blowing Rock Artists Herb Cohen and José Fumero Head Down the Mountain—Host Artistic Moving Sale Memorial Day Weekend
- Deadline for Valle Country Fair Grant Applications June 11
- Avery County Heritage Festival June 5
- Auctions Return to Blowing Rock This Summer
- As If It Never Closed…P.B. Scott’s Faithful Party Like It’s 1980
- Mark Schimick & Billy Constable Bring Fast-Pickin’ to Murphy’s Friday—Musicians Hearken Back to Traditional Bluegrass Sound while Blazing Path to Future
- Bar Brawl Off To Solid Start
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Shelter
Hopes are high for the apple harvest this year, and statistically speaking, there is a good chance that the final spring frost has already fallen…
“We really try to make people’s lives a little more joyful and a little more beautiful,” said Maggie Wilson, co-owner of Morning Star Gallery with her husband Bob…
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