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Voters Once Affiliated with Certain NC Political Parties to Be Moved to Unaffiliated Status
Constitution, Justice for All, No Labels, and We the People -- will be moved to unaffiliated status in the state’s voter registration database. When the 2024 general election was certified by the ...
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Highland Games set to return to Grandfather Mountain’s MacRae Meadows July 10 to 13
The long and storied tradition that is the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games returns to MacRae Meadows on Thursday, July 10, continuing through Sunday, July 13. This marks the 69th year for the ...
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High-Country Real Estate Market Report for May Shows Sales up 34% Over April Sales
The High-Country Real Estate Market, consisting of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties, saw 138 closed sales on single-family and condo/townhouse properties in May 2025, up 34.0% compared to ...
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Town of Boone Public Notices: Next Town Council Meeting and Town Board Openings
If anyone wishes to have an agenda item considered by the Boone Town Council at one of their upcoming regular meetings scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 9 a.m., and Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at ...
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Mortimer’s Craft Butchery Set to Open in Blowing Rock Early July Amid Community Excitement
AJ Nowell has worked “in meat” for 20 years. And for nearly 15 of those 20 years he has dreamed of owning his own butcher ...
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“No Kings” Protesters Gathered Saturday Afternoon on King Street in Boone
Saturday’s Boone protest was entirely peaceful and many, if not most attendees carried handmade signs expressing colorful ...
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Ribbon Cutting for the Lower Hardin Creek Restoration Project is June 23rd at 2:00 pm
On June 23rd, 2025 at 2:00 p.m., the Town of Boone will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lower Hardin Creek ...
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2025 Blowing Rock Tour of Homes Highlights “Who Is My Neighbor?” on Friday, July 25th
The 67th annual Blowing Rock Tour of Homes returns this year with a very special focus on the question “Who is my neighbor?” ...
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On the Blue Ridge Parkway, The Bluffs Restaurant at Doughton Park to Open June 20
The Bluffs Restaurant at Doughton Park, milepost 241 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, will reopen for the season on Friday, June 20. The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday ...
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Grandfather Mountain Releases 2025 Grandfather Presents Speaker Series Lineup
Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is gearing up ...
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Watauga County Republican Women’s Club Next Monthly Meeting is Wednesday, June 25
The Watauga County Republican Women's Club (WCRWC) will have its next monthly meeting on Wednesday June 25 at the Dan'l Boone Inn, 130 Hardin Street, Boone. Lunch at 11:30 AM, with a meeting at noon.
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Local Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Jason Sirmon, Receives Spirit of Caring Award
Jason Sirmon, longtime Edward Jones financial advisor whose office is located in Boone, recently received his firm’s exclusive Ted Jones Spirit of Caring Award for his community response to the ...