Developers are looking to turn this property into a shopping center. Photos by Jesse Wood By Jesse Wood Developers are looking to turn a 17-acre property in Boone into a shopping center. Columbia Development is requesting a variance from the Boone Board of…

Posted Sep. 1, 2015 at 8:20 PM Updated Sep 1, 2015 at 8:21 PM

Well over 100 people attended the annual “State of the Town” at Blowing Rock Art History Museum on Monday. Photos by Jesse Wood By Jesse Wood More than 100 people packed the conference room in the Blowing Rock Art  History…

Posted Sep. 1, 2015 at 6:00 AM

Improvements to U.S. 321 in Blowing Rock will not keep visitors away from their favorite spots. The right turn lane has reopened, helping traffic flow from U.S. 321 South into downtown Blowing Rock on 321 Business/U.S. 221. Although the southern…

Are you in town and want to see more of the mountains? Or do you want to go where there is no race crowd? Well, come along to five great escapes – all just beyond the bustle of the World’s…

Visit North Carolina’s Tourism Resource Assistance Center (TRAC), a community-based training program designed to help small tourism-related businesses, will be held Thursday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Blowing Rock American Legion Building, 333 Wallingford Street in Blowing Rock. TRAC…

See Aug. 11 for details on a hike to take you here.(Photo: Special to the Citizen-Times) Submit items at least one week in advance of publication for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and…

LMC Women’s Basketball Signs Four for 2015-16 Season: BANNER ELK, N.C. — Taylor Fluette, Martha Mastin, Markia Stacey and Tori Wright have signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Lees-McRae and play women’s basketball in the 2015-16 season, announced head…

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