AUGUST 18, 2011 ISSUE
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Beginning September 13, a K-9 will accompany the school resource officer at Watauga High School for the purpose of detecting illegal drugs on campus. The dog, a chocolate Labrador, will also respond as needed…
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold three citizens’ informational workshops in August for the proposed N.C. 105 widening project in Avery and Watauga counties.
The NCDOT proposal…
“If you will it, it is no dream.” That quote by Theodor Herzl is “very powerful in the Jewish community” and is “what kept us going,” said Ruth Etkin, Temple of the High Country planning committee chair…
Grandfather National Scenic Area Series
Latest Headlines
- Feature Photo: Groovy Nights
- Boone Council Enacts Major Changes to Water Code—Individual Water Meters Required in Apartments, Grey Water Use Permitted
- Choose and Cut Christmas Trees Sold on the Rise
- Home Births on the Rise
- CCC&TI Small Business Center Announces Workshops
- ASU Dedicates College of Education Building Thursday—Public Invited, Tours To Follow Ceremony
- SCUBA Diving in the Mountains and Beyond
- Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Accepts Submissions
- Mountain Living
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The View
The High Country’s biggest music festival is on pace to meet or exceed last year’s attendance numbers, its founder and director, Jimmy Hunt, said this week. Music on the Mountaintop, taking place…
Gillian Welch will play at Farthing Auditorium on the ASU campus on Friday, August 26, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets cost $20 and $26.50. According to a Farthing Auditorium representative, $20 tickets are…
The BIG Sale, an annual event at ASU, will be held Saturday, August 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Legends on campus. Organized by Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT), the university’s…
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Happening Now
- Michael Feinstein Performs Benefit Concert August 27 at Farthing
- Singing Policeman Daniel Rodriguez at Hayes Center August 26 and 27
- Griffith, Penney Exhibition Reception Saturday
- Going to See the Elephant August 26 to September 5—Play is Ensemble Stage’s Final Main Stage Production of Summer
- Pet Fest To Benefit Humane Society August 27
- Steve and Ruth and Carolina Crossing Play Jones House Friday
- Harris Brothers at Banner Elk Concert in the Park August 25
- A Weekend of Painting Outside in Banner Elk August 26 to 28
- Two Art Events at Carlton Gallery August 27
- Valle Crucis Community Park Auction August 27
- The New River Boys, Living Art at Crossroads Pub Friday, August 26
- Quilt Show, Dinner and Concert Presented by Mountain Home Music Saturday
Happening Now
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Grandfather National Scenic Area Series
During the 1980s Boone area clearcutting controversy, opponents of Forest Service timber plans said “logging and its visual impact will increase…during the rest of the century.” But the Forest Service changed its plans…
Anyone who has been in downtown Boone (elevation 3,333 feet above sea level) or Blowing Rock (elevation 4,090) this summer knows tourism in the High Country is thriving. Throngs of pedestrians carry…
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Links To Other National Scenic Areas
- Map: Proposed Grandfather National Scenic Area
- Week 1—Grandfather National Scenic Area: An Introduction
- Week 1—National Scenic Areas: Protecting the View
- Week 2—National Scenic Areas Near and Far—A Path for the High Country?
- Week 3—National Forests: For ‘The Greatest Good’
- Week 3—Tracing Timber’s History in the Globe
- Week 4—Weeks Act Celebrated From the Perch of the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Photo Gallery: The Globe Area and Its Lumber History
- Video: GNSA Campaign Video
- Link: GNSA Campaign Site
Links To Other National Scenic Areas
- Roanoke Times: Mount Pleasant NSA
- Friends of Mount Roger
- Columbia River Gorge Visitors Association
- VIDEO: Columbia River Gorge NSA
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