BLOWING ROCK – Returning to Blowing Rock’s WinterFest for a second year, the K9 Keg Pull event will be given more room to operate as the 2020 edition on Saturday, Jan. 25, takes place on Park Avenue in downtown Blowing Rock from 1 p.m. until at latest 4 p.m.
BOONE — A blustery winter day greeted the start of the 11-month 2020 election cycle in Watauga County as two Democrats filed for county commissioner, as did the current register of deeds.
Local developer John Winkler has been busy with multiple hotel projects in Boone and Blowing Rock, recently.
BLACKBERRY — Dozens of pottery fans had just a few seconds, if that, to grab their favorite piece of pottery during Bolick and Tradition’s annual Thanksgiving wood kiln sale in the morning of Saturday, Nov. 30.
BLOWING ROCK – The $2.4 million Sunset Drive streetscape, water and sewer project is all but finished on schedule, according to Blowing Rock Town Manager Shane Fox.
Local chapters of Toys for Tots and Santa’s Toy Box are hard at work to make sure local kids have a merry Christmas in 2019.
I have never thought much about coreopsis until recently when I had some spaces to fill in the perennial border — and then I was faced with the fact that there are an awful lot of coreopses to choose from.
If I asked you, “Do you know Stuart Hamblin?” you might pause for a few seconds. If I added that he had a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, placed there in 1978, then you might say, “Yes, Carl ‘Stuart’ Hamblen, the radio personality, songwriter, cowboy singer and motion picture actor.” And, …
BOONE — Pancakes, crafts and holiday tunes will fill the hallways of Watauga High School as the Watauga Education Foundation, Watauga County Schools and Boone Service League will host benefit events from 7:30-11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7.
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
Cathey Fallows, long time resident of Blowing Rock, N.C., pass…
Christine “Christie” Lynn Yates, born August 2, 1970 in Boone,…
Roger J. Broeker, 99, passed away peacefully September 6, 2019…
Frank McNair Wooten III, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., died on Saturd…
Elizabeth Ann Walrath passed peacefully in her home, surrounde…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Confederate statue would be moved from a central spot on the University of Mississippi's campus to a less prominent Confederate cemetery, under a proposal approved Friday by a state board.
SWANSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more existential crisis.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
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