Mixed-Use
Development
Proposed For
Downtown Boone

County Holds High School Public Hearing
A majority of speakers at a Monday night public hearing favored a new high school though some questioned the project’s effect on tax rates.


Egg Salad Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
A West Virginia food company has issued a recall of egg salad that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today.

2006 Political Candidates

Start Your Engines!
SIM Auto Racing Is Taking Off

Board Of Ed. Candidates Speak At Forum
Six candidates for Watauga Board of Education spoke about new schools and technology during a forum last week.


County Plans Perkinsville Property Purchase
With approval to spend up to $7 million for the new high school property, the Watauga County Board of Commissioners wasted little time, agreeing to borrow $1.7 million to buy four parcels of property in the Perkinsville area during a Monday meeting.


Conservation Efforts Benefit Profile Trail
Representatives from Grandfather Mountain Inc., The Nature Conservancy and Clean Water Management Trust Fund gathered Thursday to celebrate recent conservation efforts to preserve one of the most recognizable natural areas in North Carolina, the Grandfather Mountain Profile Trail.


Sea Level On The Rise
A geology professor acted locally to help Appalachian State students think globally during a recent lecture about rising sea levels in Boone


New School, Teacher Pay Dominate Forum Topics
Plans for the new high school was an overarching theme at Tuesday’s Board of Education candidate forum hosted by the Citizens 4 Children political action committee.


Hagaman, Shook Address
Law Enforcement Issues
Cooperation, drug enforcement issues and domestic violence solutions faced incumbent Republican Sheriff Mark Shook and Democratic challenger Len Hagaman as the duo faced each other during a candidate’s forum Thursday night in Boone.


Commissioner Candidates Share Opinions At Forum
Watauga County Board of Commissioners candidates shared their opinions on affordable housing, property rights, a new high school and water and sewer service during a forum in Boone last Thursday.


Locals Visit New Guilford County High School
Monday a group of Watauga County Schools employees, members of the Board of Education and county commissioners toured Northern Guilford High School in Guilford County.


NCDOT Reminds Motorists To Keep Alert For Deer
To help decrease the number of wildlife and automobile crashes, the N.C. Department of Transportation reminds motorists to be aware of the increased presence of deer on North Carolina’s roads this fall.