SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Last week, the ASU Solar Homestead team and its unfinished 2,000-square-foot solar-powered home arrived at West Potomac Park on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. For two years…
Although the Town of Boone is currently revising its Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to establish language for microbreweries and craft breweries, that may not be enough for brewing hopefuls…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) declared the Eastern cougar extinct in March and recommended removing the subspecies from the endangered species list, where it has been since 1973…
Grandfather National Scenic Area Series
Latest Headlines
- Watauga County Changes Insurance Plan, Moves to HSA
- ASU Trustees To Vote on Authorizing FBS Football Negotiations
- Businesses Ask for Clear Standards in Noise Ordinance—Council To Consider Revised Draft October 17
- School Board Leans Toward Interim Supt., In-House Search—Citizens Offer To Help Fund Professional Search
- Boone, DBDA Agreement Outlines Terms of Possible Theatre Purchase—No Word from Court on Town’s Offer
- High Country Restaurants Place in NC Best Dish Competition
- ASU Open SoCon Play Hosting Chattanooga on Saturday
- Boone Chef, Businesses featured on UNC-TV—‘Flavor, NC’ Episode Airs Saturday
- MountainKeepers Host Sustainable Business Summit September 30
- Mayview Madness 5K, ZAP Fitness Lead Workouts September and October
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The View
After more than a decade of planning and two years of construction, the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum’s (BRAHM) grand opening is slated for Saturday, October 1…
If you missed Boone’s new roller derby team in its home debut in June, your last chance to see the Appalachian Rollergirls (ARG) bout at the Holmes Center in…
As if on cue, the temperature drops and fall festival season arrives in the High Country. Live music, handmade arts and crafts, baked goods, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and bushels of apples…
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Happening Now
- Harvest Boone Festival Friday to Sunday
- Boone Fun in the Park Day October 1
- Dog Jog at Watauga Parks and Rec Complex Saturday
- Murder Mystery Opens at Lees-McRae September 30
- Tweetsie’s Ghost Train Halloween Festival Starts September 30
- First Presbyterian Invites Public to Family Fun Day October 1
- Avery Tour de Art Saturday
- Abstract Landscapes, Figurative Art Featured at Carlton Gallery Saturday
- Hip Hop Show at Frankie’s Pizza Saturday
- Poet Jeff Daniel Marion at ASU September 22
- Julia Ebel Pens Mama’s Wreaths
- Shooting Stars Golf Classic in Blowing Rock October 2—Signup Deadline Is Friday
- Brewer's Briefs
Happening Now
- USA Cycling Gravity Nationals at Beech Thursday to Sunday
- Boonetown Throwdown Friday
- » click here to see a full list
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In Focus
Grandfather National Scenic Area Series
Have you noticed how the counties below the High Country are suddenly “our gateways?”
Caldwell County is “Where the High Country Begins.” Morganton, in Burke County, home to the largest sawmills…
The proposed Grandfather National Scenic Area occupies a particularly distinctive corner of the High Country—the northwest corner of Caldwell County.
Though Caldwell’s tourism revenue pales…
Related Headlines
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
- Week 4—‘The Lucky Triangle’ Resurrected: The Grandfather National Scenic Area
- Week 5—Lumber’s Numbers
- 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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