FEBRUARY 24, 2011 ISSUE
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Although the project letting date for the U.S. 321 widening through Blowing Rock was delayed from March until June of this year, construction work isn’t likely to take place until August, one transportation…
Five years after the closing of the Appalachian Cultural Museum, ASU announced on February 21 that it will not reopen the museum at a new location.
The museum opened in 1989 on University Hall Drive…
“Fundamentally, the area is well below normal precipitation levels,” said Ray Russell of RaysWeather.com. “Even in January when everyone thought we were receiving a good amount, there…
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- High Country Press First Place in News Coverage—Website Honored for Second Consecutive Year
- Watauga Commissioners Discuss Proposed New River Watershed Restrictions
- The Duke & Progress Merger—Blue Ridge Electric Members Will See Little Change, Official Says
- Doc Watson Sculpture Ready To Be Bronzed—March 15 Is Deadline for Brick Sponsors
- ASU Football Bowl Subdivision Feasibility Study Committee Meets Again
- Food, Family and Community—Casa Rustica’s 30-Year Anniversary
- Cooperative Extension Presents Report at Luncheon March 1
- Farmers Wanted for New River Organic Growers
- Watauga County Democratic Party Schedules 2011 Precinct Meetings
- Sugar Mountain Adult Race League Announces 2011 Winners—Team Sugar Keeps High Country Cup
- High Country Native Begins New Expedition Across Africa
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Banner Elk, located in the northwest quadrant of Avery County 3,739 feet above sea level, is home to picturesque mountain scenery, seasonal temperatures and those who have shaped their lives around…
The competition returned on February 22 and 23 from a bye week with matchups between four restaurant favorites: Jackalope’s View and Bistro Roca on Tuesday, and Sorrento’s Bistro and Canyons…
Regular listeners of the WNCW radio station in Boone have heard little more than static when they’ve tuned their radio dials to 92.9 in recent months. But as of Monday afternoon, the radio station’s signal…
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- Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to ASU April 1 and 2—Tickets Now on Sale at Farthing Auditorium, Footsloggers
- How to Build a Forest at ASU March 2 and 3
- Author, Poet George Ella Lyon at ASU March 3
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Russian National Ballet To Perform at Farthing March 2
- Three-Show Season for 2011 Lees-McRae Summer Theatre—Third Show Part of Banner Elk Centennial
- High Country Telemark Festival Saturday
- Final Fresh Friday at Appalachian Ski Mtn. March 4
- Singer-songwriter Corey Smith To Rock Legends March 2
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