Is It Really That Bad?
An Up-Close Look at Watauga
High School
The school’s loss of the JROTC program is just one in a long list of stories about the problems resulting from the inadequacies of the county’s high school physical plant. >>FULL STORY

• GOP Gathers for Lincoln Day Dinner
Speeches Kick Off 2004 Campaign
Along with presentations from declared candidates for the 2004 election, attendees also heard updates about legislative challenges in Raleigh.

• Future Forward Gets Real
Economic development ideas take a sharper focus.

• Council Deliberates Carroll Proposal in Closed Session

• Subdivision Issue Still Unresolved

• NC Court Of Appeals Grants Motion To Keep Putnam Mine Shut

• Straight From the Street
Who is the best teacher you’ve ever had and what made them a good teacher?

• MerleFest 2003: A Soggy & Sunny Success
16th Annual Music Fest Draws 77,000 to Wilkesboro

• Habitat For Humanity Holds Taste Of The High Country
One of the High Country’s tastiest events is less than a week away.

• Salute Raises Thousands For Chefs’ Charitable Efforts
Hundreds of hungry High Country residents helped raise thousands of dollars at the fourth annual Salute to High Country Chefs April 5.

• Summer Camps Offer Learning Experiences, Fun
Thousands of High Country children finishing the school year will soon have hours, days, weeks and months of time on their hands.

• It’s A Jungle In There
ASU Greenhouse Manager Betsy Cobb Hosts Spring Plant Sale

• Watauga County Farmer’s Market Opens Saturday

• Watauga Humane Society Sponsors Dog Obedience Classes

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