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Commissioners
Support King Street Expansion
Patrol Car Purchases Approved
The Watauga County commissioners supported an
improved thoroughfare on U.S. 421.
 School
System Earns High Marks From Auditor
The Watauga County School System has received
a clean bill of health from its annual audit.
Nurserymen, Town
Council, Commissioners Hold Meeting
UDO
Challenge To Choose & Cut Signs Addressed
County
Swears In Commissioners
The Watauga County commissioners convened their
first meeting of a new term with three first-time commissioners.
County
Has Miles Of Bad Road Conditions
Dr. David Hartgen studied data of the last six
years and made a county-by-county comparison of road conditions.
Town
Council Hears Public Input On Cut-Through Traffic
Throughout 2004, the issue of cut-through traffic
in Boone’s residential neighborhoods has proven to
be a sensitive one of varying, if not clashing, opinions.
Education Board Members Sworn In
Horne Takes Oath Of Office
Summit
Discusses The Role Of Education In Northwestern North
Carolina
State Energy Office Director Praises High Country for
Clean Energy Efforts
Deer Collision Rate High In December
“Good car, bad deer,” read the soap-inscribed
sign on a car’s windshield.
DNA
Evidence Piles Up In Raleigh
Lack Of Funding Slows Down Judicial Process
Rape
Kits Added To Backlog At SBI Genetics Lab
Boone Police Capt. William Greene says he will
hand-carry a pair of sexual assault evidence kits down
to the State Bureau of Investigation Molecular Genetics
lab.
Tourism
Renewed In High Country
BCVB Ad Campaign Counters Flood Impact
Holiday
Spending Sluggish In High Country
With a reported lag in Christmas shopping, some
merchants are saying that concerns over a sluggish economy
are still lingering.
Organic
Growers Have New Distribution Opportunity
Organic growers may soon have a new distribution
system to get their crops to retail markets.
Commercial
Flights Now Available Through Hickory Regional Airport
For commercial flights, High Country residents
used to have only two options: They could drive to Greensboro
or drive to Charlotte.
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Family
Finds Hope In Holistic Medicine
2004
Women of the Month Recognized
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