JUNE 23, 2011 ISSUE
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Newland will soon be the site of a 900-kilowatt, $5 million solar power plant that will generate enough power for about 120 homes, developer O2Â Energies announced this week.
The North Carolina…
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System’s (ARHS) plans for a new medical campus in Blowing Rock include a 102-bed long-term care facility and a collaboration with ASU’s College of Health Sciences…
Often, a simple thank you is enough, costs nothing and helps to make multiple deployments and a year away from families worth it. Elaine and Bill Diercksen of Foscoe decided to go a little further…
Latest Headlines
- Rocky Nelson Retires After 35-Year County Career
- Boone Council Approves $23.8M Budget—Arts Council Funding, Jones House Hours and Space Debated
- New ASU Education Building Opens in Fall
- GOP Family Fun Fest Saturday
- Bus Driver Keller Retires After 37 years
- Avery, Banner Elk Centennial Events Continue This Week
- Derby Rolls into Boone
- Relay for Life: Festive and Solemn
- AppUrgent Care To Open in October
- ERA: Three or 38 Ratifications?—Question Now Before U.S. Congress
- Area Mountains Provide Training Ground for Missionary Flights
- Mountain Living
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In a couple of weeks, many Independence Day celebrations featuring fireworks, parades, picnics and more will take place in the High Country. Since July 4 is a Monday, some of the festivities will take place…
An Appalachian Summer festival at ASU starts on Sunday, June 26, with a bus trip to Triad Stage in Greensboro and ends with the Manhattan Transfer, a harmony vocal quartet, at…
“[The Kingston Trio] had more records in the Top 10 at one time than anyone else, even The Beatles,” said George Grove, member of The Kingston Trio.
The group, which formed in 1957, has more than…
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Appalachian Summer Events
Happening Now
- Jubilee Chorus Performs in Watauga and Avery June 24 and 25
- Woody Pines Performs in Banner Elk’s Summer Concert Series June 30
- Broadway Cabaret Comes to Blowing Rock’s Hayes Performing Arts Center June 24 and 25
- Elk Camp For Children Wednesdays in July
- Wayne Trapp Featured at Carlton Gallery
- 87th Annual Singing on the Mountain Sunday
- Art Cellar Features Figurative Paintings by Tim Turner—Reception with Artist July 2
- Local Kids Present Snow White Saturday
- Artists’ Residencies Return to Edgewood Cottage This Summer
- Hey Avery—Wanna Join the Band?—Practices Take Place Tuesday Evenings
- “Songs of the Civil War” Featured in Mountain Home Music Show Saturday
- Izzy and the Kesstronics Play Boone Saloon June 30
- Dinner and Music with Do It To Julia at Galileo’s Saturday
Appalachian Summer Events
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