The corner of King Street and Appalachian Street in downtown Boone is about to get gourmet. A franchise of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches is coming to Boone by the end of the summer and will be located in the former home of Carolina Business Machines at 525 West King Street.
Here’s the article from the High Country Press
The Blowing Rock Town Council on Tuesday voted 3 to 2 to award a $1.08 million contract to Kearey Builders of Statesville to build a two-story, 62- by 200-foot parking deck in downtown Blowing Rock.
The Boone Town Council will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Boone Town Council Chambers on proposed amendments to Article VII of the Water and Sewer Code.
In an announcement today, Superintendent Phil Francis, said that the concerns are growing for the structural integrity of the road just south of the Craggy Garden Visitors Center (Milepost 364.5)
Home purchasers sometimes get into trouble because they are not clued into the sequence of steps involved in financing their purchase. These are qualification, pre-approval, approval, and lock.
During the housing boom, updating a kitchen with high end materials like cherry wood cabinets and a Viking stove was a sure bet to boost a home’s value. Homeowners often recovered about 80% of the cost when the house was later sold.
But with so much more inventory on the market for buyers to choose from, they just aren’t as impressed with the bells and whistles. Now most upscale renovations are returning less than 70% of their cost, according to a recent survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Remodeling magazine.
Supporters of a $7.5 million school-bond package in Alleghany County have been making calls and writing letters that urge voters to back a plan to build the county’s first middle school, saying it would ease crowding.
But opponents are firing back with a campaign against the school bonds, which would require a property-tax rate increase of 9 to 10 cents, about a 20 percent increase in this small, rural county.
The referendum will be Tuesday.
In the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County, N.C. is a place of amazing beauty with pristine natural resources and a rich cultural heritage. Preserving and protecting these assets is good for the environment and the local economy. The Watauga Green Business Plan is a voluntary, market‐driven program that educates, certifies and recognizes small businesses that have made a commitment to reduce their environmental impact and help build a sustainable community.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported the sales of new single-family homes declined 2.8 percent in January, though area Realtors say the High Country’s market is “immune to natural trends.”
FROM THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES – The state Environmental Review Commission will hold a second public hearing on a proposed new law for development on steep mountain slopes.
The meeting will take place from 4-7 p.m. Monday in Boone, according to Rep. Ray Rapp, a sponsor of the bill that would require local governments to regulate steep-slope construction.
The meeting is in the county commissioners’ board room in the Watauga County Administration Building, 814 W. King St.
Update 3/6: 105 Back to Normal
We have received reports that the retaining wall in front of Geno’s / High Country Inn on highway 105 has collapsed. The highway is partially closed.
In the near future, green power companies, the Western North Carolina (WNC) Renewable Energy Initiative and N.C. Small Wind Initiative hope to make wind power a reality
A big road. Here they are, in case you haven’t seen them yet, the state released computer mock-ups of the new highway 321.
Local fir tree sales Watauga Democrat, NC - Linda Gragg, director of the Boone-based North Carolina Christmas Tree Association, predicted no fall-off despite a sluggish economy. ... |
College News Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Morrison is the editor of the Avery Journal Times and publisher of All About Women of the High Country. Hank Williams, of Avery County, was presented with ... |
Ashe County Fraser fir graces White House once again Jefferson Post, NC - North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler made the journey to the Creston knoll to celebrate Ashe County and River Ridge’s role in this ... |
Mountaineer Football Notebook: Presley Doubles Up on SoCon Awards ASU Appalachian Mountaineers, NC - BOONE, NC — Appalachian State University quarterback DeAndre Presley became the only the seventh player in Southern Conference history and the first in 17 ... |
Ski report for 11.25.08: Cross-country, anyone? News & Observer, NC - I called last night to see if there was enough natural snowfall anywhere in the North Carolina high country to warrant a trip. "Not yet," I was told, ... |
Holiday Calendar Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - 28 and 29, Western Carolina University, Ramsey Center, Cullowhee. Over 100 artists and master crafters. $3, children 12 and under are free. ... |
A bit of snow, now very cold CharlotteObserver.com, NC - Schools are closed today in Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga and Yancey counties. Caldwell Community College's branch in Watauga County also is closed, ... |
Shirlette Ammons presents a poetry reading Dec. 4 at Appalachian Appalachian State University, NC - BOONE—Poet Shirlette Ammons will read from her work Dec. 4 at Appalachian State University. Her presentation is sponsored by the Hughlene Bostian Frank ... |
 | Local teachers turned on the light of Bright Ideas Thursday ... Watauga Democrat, NC - “We’re very fortunate in Watauga County to have some of the partnerships we have,” Younce said, mentioning the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce and the ... |
First Warn Forecast | Snow in mountains WCNC (subscription), NC - CHARLOTTE, NC -- Snow showers will continue in the North Carolina Mountains through the early afternoon. Snow accumulations in Avery, Watauga and Ashe ... |
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