The Boone Town Council will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, to vote on a resolution authorizing the town’s finance director to apply to the Local Government Commission for approval of a $25 million issue of general obligation bonds.
The town of Boone will begin an appeal process this week on the Superior Court’s decision in favor of local developer Phil Templeton.
On July 3, Superior Court Judge Ronald K. Payne reversed a decision made by the Boone Board of Adjustment (BOA) denying a special use permit for the construction of a medical clinic on State Farm Road.
In a summarized breakdown, the budget sees $12,326,994 devoted to the general fund, $163,500 to the emergency telephone system, $18,000 to narcotics enforcement, $623,210 to water and sewer, $1,068,500 to health insurance, $112,234 to the municipal service district, and $544,064 to the rural fire district.
The new-well permit fee will increase from $225 to $300 on Tuesday, July 1. The fee includes the cost of inspections, fieldwork and a water sample.
Along with watching fireworks and grilling out, everyone in North Carolina can celebrate Independence Day by casting a line in their favorite fishing hole - no license needed!
The new proposed name for AWAR is the High Country Association of Realtors or “HI-CAR”. The Board of Directors also proposed a new tagline for the association that says, “All Real Estate is Local and So Are We”.
The Watauga County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed the movement to help buy the land on which Tweetsie operates during a public hearing held on Monday evening.
Watauga County’s property tax rate will remain the same in the next fiscal year, though the overall county budget will increase 4.6 percent.
The Watauga County Board of Commissioners adopted a balanced $60.1 million budget Monday morning, with a $44.6 million General Fund budget for county operations.
Registration is now open for the High Country Triple Crown running series Appalachian State University BOONE – The Institute for Health and Human Services (IHHS) at Appalachian State University announces the High Country Triple Crown, a series of three ... |
Downtown Farmers Market set to open April 3 Cherokee Scout (subscription) At 11 am Saturday, March 27, the club will begin a three- to four-hour benefit ride through Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Anyone with a motorcycle ... |
High Country Climber Killed in Fall Boone Mountain Times The body of a Boone rock climber was discovered on Thursday, March 4, near mile marker 242 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Alleghany County. ... |
Cold, snowy winter has been a blessing for ski resorts in Beech Mountain Hickory Daily Record Beech Mountain - Nobody's complaining about this winter's abundant snowfall in the ski-lodge villages of North Carolina's High Country. ... |
Time capsule buried at courthouse Jefferson Post What will future generations of Ashe County citizens remember about the High Country in 100 years? ... |
Author Pegram to address High Country Writers Boone Mountain Times He and his wife, Patty, reside in Oak Ridge, NC and he is a grandfather. His wife will be joining him for the meeting on March 11. ... |
Old Man Winter vs. Watauga musicians Boone Mountain Times Since the clinic involved so many students, parents and school systems across North Carolina, it will not be rescheduled. "They were very disappointed," ... |
Boone resident snags Gov's Award Boone Mountain Times Boone resident and College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) senior associate director of technology Robin Greene was awarded the Governor's Award for ... |
Women's Basketball Welcomes UNCG for "Pink Zone" Game and Alumni Day Saturday ASU Appalachian Mountaineers BOONE, NC - Appalachian State University women's basketball returns to the High Country for the first time in a little over 10 days as the Mountaineers host ... Women's Basketball Women's Basketball Hands UNCG 67-49 Loss |
Land coalition on track Winston-Salem Journal BOONE - A coalition of 10 North Carolina land trusts is on track to complete an effort to protect 50000 acres of mountain land by the end ... |
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