SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 ISSUE
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Nearly two-thirds of Watauga County citizens voting in Tuesday’s referendum on a quarter-cent local sales tax increase were against the measure, defeating county commissioners’ hopes for a new revenue stream to fund recreation facilities…
For the first time in more than 50 years, parts of scenic Main Street in Blowing Rock will shut down to make way for a downtown street festival Saturday, September 18, as part of Blue Ridge Heritage Days…
Latest Headlines
- Feature Photo: Farewell to Summer...
- Honoring the Working People—Mountain Home Labor Day Salute Features Organizer, Musician Si Kahn Sunday
- Police Continue To Request Public Help Regarding Seven Devils Murder Case
- Watauga Red Cross Chapter Welcomes New Executive Director
- ASU Holds 21st Walk for Awareness September 7
- First Descent of Linville Falls
- Mountaineers Open Season with SoCon Opponent Saturday
- Get Lost in the New River Corn Maze—Open Weekends Friday through Halloween
- North Carolina Targeted for Equal Rights Amendment
The View
“Probably one of the best-kept secrets on the East Coast,” the eighth annual New River Blues Festival will take place in the High Country this Sunday, September 5, said Donovan Murray, festival producer…
The 18th annual Avery County Agricultural & Horticultural Fair will take place Tuesday through Saturday, September 7 to 11, at Heritage Park in Newland…
The monthly Downtown Boone Art Crawl takes place this Friday, September 3. Receptions at several downtown art galleries begin around 6:00 p.m. and continue throughout the evening…
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- The African American Experience in Watauga Discussion September 11—Program at Library Ties in with Watauga Reads Book Mudbound
- High Country Praise Festival Sunday—Kirk Cameron To Speak; Live Music by The Afters, Fireflight, 7 Miles and More
- Tweetsie’s Railfan Weekend Combines History and Fun September 11 and 12
- Elk Knob Community Day September 11
- Catch Country Blues at Concerts on the Lawn Friday—Dashboard Hula Boys and Kirby, Welch and Stone Play This Week
- ASU Visiting Writers Series Kicks Off September 16
- Feature Photo: Art To Honor Parkway’s 75th
- Ashe County’s On the Same Page Literary Festival September 14 to 18
- ASU’s Looking Glass Gallery Presents Void Through September 14
- Bike Races and Other Opportunities This Fall
- Marathoners Ready to Run for the Red September 18 for Red Cross
- Brewer's Briefs
- Free! Concerts Ahead
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Shelter
This spring, the Hunger and Health Coalition (HHC) completed the installation of a photovoltaic (PV) system at its Boone headquarters. The project was the first to be permitted in the Town of Boone…
The latest contest cooked up by the Ashe County Farmers’ Market is a Cake Contest, taking place this Saturday, September 4. See who has the best pound cake and layered cake in Ashe County…
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