MAY 5, 2011 ISSUE
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At the news that U.S. Enemy No. 1, Osama bin Laden, had been killed nearly a decade after his organization executed the deadliest terrorist attacks in America’s history, the nation erupted into jubilant…
After receiving an offer for the old Watauga High School property from Charlotte-based developer Lincoln Harris in the amount of $7 million, Watauga County Commissioners decided during their…
Watauga County Manager Rocky Nelson presented a proposed 2011-12 budget to Watauga County Commissioners during the commission’s regular meeting this week.
The $58.2 million budget…
Latest Headlines
- ASU Lecturers Lose Voice in Personnel Decisions Following Faculty Vote
- Former Boone Mayor Wilmoth Receives Order Of Long Leaf Pine
- New Mountain Biking Parks Debut in the Boone Area—Rocky Knob Opens in Boone, Adventure Trail Opens in Beech Mountain
- Indoor Training Facility, Alpine Tower Possible at Watauga High School
- Blues, Brews, BBQ and Canoes Celebrates Front-line Tourism Employees May 11—Sponsors Still Needed
- Free Melanoma Screening at Boone Dermatology Friday
- Community Prepares for Relay for Life with Fundraisers, Raffles
- Mountain Living
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Local musician Lonnie Ward was brought up playing old-timey music and became one of the top pickers in the High Country.
The musician, in his 80s, was recently awarded the Brown-Hudson Award…
From the Eastern Bluebird to the black-and-white Bobolink, birds both common and rare can be spotted this month in the High Country—and a special weekend at Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock will give…
The next monthly Downtown Boone Art Crawl takes place this Friday, May 6, with receptions at several downtown art galleries beginning around 5:00 p.m. and continuing throughout the evening…
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Happening Now
- Boone Service League Presents Spring Benefit May 14
- Southern Accent Hosts Gospel Jubilee at Greenway Baptist Church Saturday—Fellowship Celebration Follows on May 14
- BRCT Presents Comedy Southern Hospitality May 13 to 15
- WHS Athletics To Benefit from Spring Swing Golf Tournament May 14
- Watauga Public Library Programs This Month
- Try Something New!—Watauga Arts Council Enrolling for Summer Music Lessons
- MerleFest 2011 Crests 80,000 Mark
- Brewer's Briefs
Happening Now
- Rain Garden Workshop Friday
- Jam in Crossnore Friday
- Jazz Bassist Mike Holstein Sunday
- Letterland at Tweetsie Railroad May 10 to 12
- Boone Moose Lodge 50th Anniversary Party
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