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Archived: July 28, 2006
Awaiting mom's return
A fawn rests underneath a canopy of trees on the bank of the Watauga River in the Valle Crucis community. Apparently, the young deer wandered too far from its mother and eagerly waits for her to find it. Photo by Marie Freeman |
County boards select high school property
About 200 people turned out at a public hearing where the county commissioners and school board announced plans for the future of Watauga high school. The boards’ working plans are to establish a $36 million asking price for the current 75-acre high school property and pursue an 85-acre land purchase and new construction on the eastern side of Boone in the Perkinsville area.
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Accused offender could remain ‘in limbo forever’
The District Attorney’s Office says accused sex offender Keith Clint Hicks could be “in limbo forever” if the court can find no way to get him psychiatric treatment to prepare him for trial.
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New well regulations go into effect Jan. 1
Watauga County will be one of the next places in the state where a local well regulation will take effect, a couple of years ahead of a statewide law.
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Ginn Co. gives land trust 2,700-acre easement
Environmental protection is not just a feel-good measure anymore. Now, it’s good business.
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John Montgomery and Cowboy Crush in concert
After two straight years of bringing rhythm and blues revues to Kidd Brewer Stadium, An Appalachian Summer Festival is returning to its country roots when it comes to the big fireworks concert.
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July 26, 2006
Wet, wild and loving it
It is all about getting sun, fun and wet during a water relay event for Kayla Redmond on the Watauga River. Redmond and about a 100 campers participating in a math and science camp at Appalachian State University enjoyed a field day at Valle Crucis Park on Saturday. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Mountaineers setting up camp in Caldwell County
The Mountaineers have arrived in Caldwell County. The Appalachian State University Center opened with the Faye A. Broyhill Building of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Hudson last Thursday, July 20.
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County courthouse face-lift progressing
Construction and renovation of the Watauga County Courthouse is on schedule, and the public should be seeing some expanded use of the building by the end of the year.
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Renovating Howard Street just got cheaper
The cost of renovating Howard Street in downtown Boone just became half a million dollars cheaper. The Boone Town Council gladly accepted an amendment to the Howard Street streetscape project design, which incorporates a design change from New River Light and Power.
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Music school invites residents to take part
A new community music program is designed to get more people picking up an instrument, from youngsters to seniors.
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Town denies request to allow alcohol at festival
There will be dining, but no wining, at this year’s Kraut Creek Festival in downtown Boone.
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Sheriff’s reports:
The following are incidence reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office: July 11 – A 1989 Jeep Wrangler was broken into on N.C. 105 near Old Shulls Mill Road between 12:30 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. A wallet, pocket book, $360 in cash, cell phone, driver’s licenses and Social Security cards were reported stolen.
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July 24, 2006
Farming the future
Josh Hayes and Ian Snider of Swangle Tree Logging work on a piece of cucumber magnolia tree to make a tongue for a two-horse drawn cart they will use in their restorative forestry logging endeavors. The pair were on hand at the Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program Teaching and Research Farm on Saturday demonstrating their techniques as part of the Carolina Farm Stewards Association’s annual Farm Tour. For more on the story, please link with the article below. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Complaints keep rolling in on wheel-locking
Amid a continuing influx of letters regarding wheel-locking of vehicles in downtown Boone, the Boone Town Council asked the $60 question: Is wheel-locking worth the bad publicity?
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Steep slope regulations finalizing
Regulations on steep slope development could be just around the corner, after the Boone Town Council agreed to send final recommendations on the matter to a September public hearing.
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Chambers going to prison
A Superior Court judge told child abductor Alisha Ann Chambers Thursday she’d left him “no choice” but to send her to prison for breaking probation last month.
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Man indicted on charges he assaulted his boss
The Watauga County grand jury has indicted a Morehead City man on charges he assaulted his boss with a hammer and tried to run him down with a car on King Street.
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Farming the future: New innovations taking root
The Farm at Mollie’s Branch has a new source of energy, one that will eventually be used for agricultural operations.
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Sheriff’s reports:
The following are reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office — July 6: An Ira Road garden was damaged by a neighbor’s cows. July 7 — A deputy found a motorist on Tater Hill Road in possession of drug paraphernalia. A Todd resident complained that her new roof was leaking around the chimney.
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Federal court ready to sentence George Trivette in Internet predatory case
Eight months after pleading guilty in federal court to a charge of enticing a minor to commit illegal sex acts, George Clayton Trivette Jr. may finally be set to receive his sentence, according to documents filed in Statesville last week.
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