Lifeguards making a positive splash Many thanks to Tami and all the lifeguards at the town pool for making it such a safe and welcoming place …
The town has made an outstanding decision in hiring Andy LeBeau as the leader of the Boone Police Department. I have know Andy for 20 years an…
Unfortunately, the Boone Police department is not requiring officers to wear masks during routine traffic stops.
My opinion: Leave the “old”residential house as is, and stop building the tall disgusting buildings on the sidewalks in town.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has said it is possible COVID-19 may never go away and he could be right.
Thank you to our post office employees here in Boone.
As we are led to believe that we are facing a country filled with many issues and faults, I find it very curious that we consistently fail to …
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My name is Ray Christian; my wife, Tiffany, and I have lived in the community for 17 years and raised 6 children here. My wife previously taug…
I am no longer a resident, and haven’t been for years, but my wife and I recently drove through Boone on Hwy. 321. We were both shocked and di…
One of the major draws of the High Country for me and my wife are the magnificent trails in the local parks, especially at Moses Cone. However…
I do not dispute the right of every person to wear or not wear a mask in public. I do not dispute the right of every person to choose to socia…
A flyer supporting Ray Pickett’s run for the North Carolina House of Representatives arrived in my mailbox on June 20. It wasn’t the first or …
Who is John Hood? Where does he get his information? He certainly is wrong about progressive politicians and downtowns (“Progressive politicia…
As a resident since 1988, I have always found it troubling that the Town of Boone is named after someone who was literally on the front lines …
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The Elk Knob State Park Master plan was released this week for public comment. The plan lays out a solid set of objectives for a campground, v…
Columnist John Hood would if he could. Get a real job that is! We have way too many paid talking and writing heads in America, who will spew a…
Why not let stupidity rule across the county as much as it does in Boone?
As a subscriber to your newspaper I should not have been surprised to see the article by John Hood, (“Defunding the police is absurd,” June 21…
In this day of uncertainty of how our lives will flourish, I thank the Boone Town Council for caring about their community and making masks ma…
The world needs more Melanies, simple as that.
Call me dumb, but I don’t get it.
“Class of 2020, this is not a “traditional” time. Life is calling all of you for an interlude, an intervening period of time. A reset and butt…
Wearing a mask helps to keep our breathing, sneezing and coughing from infecting others, especially during the early stages of coronavirus whe…
When thinking of Boone, and indeed all of Watauga County, the image that comes to mind is downhome character.
I read the letter to the editor, “Unfriendly welcome,” in the May, Watauga Democrat objecting to the 14-day quarantine order of second home ow…
Watauga elected officials listened to many voices regarding lifting coronavirus restrictions, except one — the voter’s voice. While measures t…
There’s a highly contagious, incurable disease in the world. Most of us in Watauga have been spared, due to our isolation and our compliance w…
I grew up in Newland in Avery County and now own a second home in Watauga County.
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