AUGUST 5, 2010 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Last week, Gov. Bev Perdue recognized the new Watauga High School as the best school in the state. The dedication and ribbon cutting for the new facility…
Let’s face it—everybody is pinching pennies these days, which means this weekend’s North Carolina sales tax holiday is even more significant than in years past
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Every year, Watauga County Cooperative Extension partners with the Town of Boone, Watauga County, ASU and the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce in a common effort to celebrate the historic and present ties between those who grow local food and those that consume it
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Latest Headlines
- Feature Photo: Trail Phase of Boone’s Rocky Knob Mountain Biking Park
- Construction Continues on Transmission Line Between Boone and Blowing Rock
- ASU Frank Hall Receives LEED Gold Certification
- Local Art Auction To Support Billy Kennedy Saturday
- Boone Council, Planning Commission Mull UDO Changes—Parking, Sidewalks, Mixed-Use Setbacks Discussed
- Armanti Edwards Works Hard at New Position with Carolina Panthers
- ASU Players Chosen in 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft
- First Volunteer Work Day at Lees-McRae a Great Success
- Advertising Industry Giant Ed Wax Settles Into Retirement at Elk River
- Front of the Curtain Festival August 10 to 15, 28 and 29 at ASU
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The View
If old-time, bluegrass, Americana, folk or Celtic suits your taste in music, you may want to head to the fifth annual Ola Belle Reed Festival…
Presented by the National Park Service and the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the 7th annual Blue Ridge Parkway Heritage Day takes place at the Moses Cone Manor this Saturday, August 7…
The monthly Downtown Boone Art Crawl takes place this Friday, August 6. Receptions at several downtown art galleries begin around 6:00 p.m. and continue throughout the evening…
The View Headlines
- Horn in the West Offers Discounts to Locals August 12 to 14
- Art Cellar Gallery To Preview BRAHM Permanent Collection—Exhibition Reception August 14
- Worthless Son-in-Laws, Danny Whittington at Concerts on the Lawn Friday
- Jazz Society Presents Noel Freidline Quintet August 15
- Final Blowing Rock Auction of the Season August 10
- Morton’s Photographic Legacy Celebrated at Watauga Public Library August 10
- America’s Favorite Cowboys: Riders In The Sky at Tweetsie August 14 and 15
- Mountain Home Music Presents The Whitetop Mountain Band Saturday
- Roy and Jossie Fox Nichols’ Landscapes at Carlton Gallery During Mid-Summer Exhibition
- Women Artists in Residence at Edgewood Cottage August 9 to 15
- Playhouse Family Music Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now—Festival Features Billy Jonas, Ras Alan, Kids Activities August 21
- 4th Annual Casa Rustica Charity Golf Event at RedTail Mountain August 19—Online Registration Underway, Hole Sponsorships Still Available
- Brewer's Briefs
- Free! Concerts Ahead
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Shelter
Yes, it’s a bit hot now, but remember how good it feels in the fall? The High Country’s perfectly pleasant autumn climate is one of the best times to be outside enjoying sports with neighbors and friends…
It’s potentially even more devastating than the chestnut blight of the early 20th century, and efforts so far to arrest its spread and its deadly infestation of indigenous hemlocks have been slow to solve the entire crisis…
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