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January 18, 2026 Boone, NC – January 18, 2026 -The Blowing Rock Town Council held its monthly meeting on January 13, 2026. All members of the council attended.

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January 17, 2025 Boone, NC – January 17, 2025 -Plaintiffs raise federal constitutional challenges to the North Carolina General Assembly’s changes to how Watauga County elects its Board of Commissioners and Board of Education.


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January 14, 2026. Week two of SMARL's 20th Anniversary race series is in the books with Team Sugar leading the pack in the skiing division and The Lodge on top in the snowboard division. Matt Leonard said Monday night 's weather was just right with the race course in great shape for some fast racing. "We had a great turnout, even better than last week," said Leonard. "The s...


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January 14, 2026. Join Blue Ridge Conservancy at the Appalachian Theatre on January 31 for a screening of “Girl Climber,” and a panel including filmmaker Jon Glassberg and BRC’s Eric Hiegl. In the exhilarating film, director Jon Glassberg, who lived and climbed in Boone in the early 2000s, chronicles professional climber Emily Harrington’s pursuit of a 24-hour ascent of Yos...


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January 13, 2026 Boone, NC – January 13, 2026 -Nonprofit leaders in the High Country are currently facing an unprecedented secondary trauma crisis—managing their own losses while leading organizations through a regional emergency. In rural communities like the High Country, nonprofits often serve as the primary public infrastructure supporting vulnerable individuals and fami...


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