ARCHIVES POSTED OCTOBER 26, 2006

Taiwanese Consulate Visits Boone

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Invasion Of The Ladybugs Beneficial Insects Move Inside For The Winter 2006 Political Candidates (Updated)        Surviving The College Application Process As obtaining a college degree becomes more and more important in young people’s eventual employment, applying to colleges seems to have become more and more stressful for high school seniors. U.S. 321 Highway Widening Project Continues Plans For Third Phase Underway Owners Of The Best Cellar Decide To Stay At The Inn At Ragged Gardens On Friday, October 6, Lisa Stripling and Rob Dyer, co-owners of The Best Cellar Restaurant, purchased The Inn at Ragged Gardens, located in downtown Blowing Rock from Lee Hyett. Halloween: A Season Of Spending Halloween is not only a time of spooks and sweets and tricks or treats, it’s a season of spending. Old Navy Docks At Boone Mall More Stores To Come Planning Commission Urges Smart Growth Get Smart. It’s not a TV spy-spoof revival, it’s the message the Boone Area Planning Commission wants to send regarding town growth. Tax Reforms To Benefit Non-Profits George W. Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 on Aug. 17.

Cove Creek School Still Dealing With Loss Cove Creek Elementary School suffered a devastating loss with the deaths of three students, who perished in last month’s apartment fire. >>FULL STORY Ned Jestes – A Conservationist In Every Sense Of The Word Ned Jestes is a farm-boy at heart, a Watauga County native who left the area during the Depression and returned nearly forty years later to revitalize the family farm. >>FULL STORY Velma Burnley Sees Watauga’s Farm-City Connection as “Unique” She no longer loses sleep over conservation, planning and development, budgets, water and sewer, public hearings and moratoriums. >>FULL STORY Dottie Fairchild Knows: Mammograms Make The Difference Breast Cancer Survivor Shares Her Story >>FULL STORY