April 15, 2005
Water issues flow through Lunch and Learn
At the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce's most recent Lunch & Learn, attendees were treated to water - and lots of it.
Read More...
State funds bolster 2004 flood cleanup
Debris clean-up from last September’s flood damage should begin in the next few weeks now that soil and water officials have put projects out to bid.
Read More...
Rep. Foxx’s first bill addresses soldiers’ retirement
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) has introduced her first piece of federal legislation. The Banner Elk native filed H.R. 1499 on Monday. The Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities (HERO) Act seeks to change the tax code to allow soldiers earning hazard pay to be eligible for retirement account contributions.
Read More...
Sex offender finds redemption in counseling
It only takes an instant to turn a life upside down. For “John,” a convicted sex offender it took a week. But in the course of an average lifetime, seven days really amounts to little more than the tick of a clock.
Read More...
Watauga school board passes budget
Watauga County Board of Education members had money matters on their minds during their April 11 meeting.
Read More...
April 13, 2005
'West Side Story'
Blue Ridge Community Theatre will present “West Side Story” Thursday through Sunday, April 14-17, at Appalachian State University's Farthing Auditorium. “It's basically just the retelling of the story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in a different setting because that's what it is,” said Alma Ward, the play's producer. Performance times will be 8 p.m. for April 14, 15 and 16, and 2 p.m. for April 17. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, with a $1 discount for advance group sales. Tickets are available by calling (828) 262-4046 or (800) 841-2787 or looking online at www.oca.appstate.edu. For more information about the production, look online at www.brctnc.org or send an e-mail to the following: westsidestory05@yahoo.com.
|
U.S. 321 project update; residents question DOT engineers
About 40 people showed up for an informational workshop Tuesday on the second phase of a U.S. 321 widening project near Blowing Rock.
Read More...
Employees awarded for service above and beyond
The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce doesn’t simply award good customer service. It awards outrageous customer service.
Read More...
Todd park gets a spring facelift
The Todd community is planning some park improvements and preparing for summer activities, anticipating a busy year.
Read More...
Watauga records low unemployment rate
For the month of February, Watauga County tied with Chatham County for one of the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 4.1 percent, as indicated in preliminary data from the N.C. Employment Security Commission.
Read More...
High Country Briefs: Sheriff’s reports
Deputies responded to a domestic dispute on the 100 block of Kim’s Way, Boone, where an unidentified male suspect reportedly kicked in a door of the residence.
Read More...
'Back safe and sound'
Local officials and a crowd of several hundred people paid tribute to returning National Guard troops at a Friday ceremony at Ashe County High School in West Jefferson. For more on the troops, please link to the story below. Photo by Scott Nicholson |
Back safe and sound: National Guard unit honored at Friday event
Local officials and a crowd of several hundred people paid tribute to local National Guard troops at a Friday ceremony at Ashe County High School in West Jefferson.
Read More...
Meadowview development must use AppalCART for mass transit
Though the Boone Board of Adjustment granted the Village of Meadowview a modification to its special use permit (SUP) to permit construction in phases, the board denied another modification to authorize use of a mass transit provider other than AppalCART at its regular meeting last Thursday.
Read More...
Watauga representatives oppose state lottery
The North Carolina Senate is bracing for a showdown on a bill that could give the state a lottery.
Read More...
Convention: Democrats pick Tilson as next chair
The Watauga County Democratic Party held its annual convention Saturday, energized by last fall’s victory in three commissioners’ races.
Read More...
High Country Briefs: Woman charged with embezzlement
The Boone Police Department arrested a 29-year-old Newland woman April 5 for allegedly embezzling $28,000 from her employers at a downtown Boone shop.
Read More...
Sports
