GoBlueRidge.Net

Western NC hit by furniture manufacturing drop

As cheap foreign imports have flooded the market, the number of furniture manufacturing jobs in western North Carolina has dropped by nearly two-thirds this decade.

Full Story

KADA kids do last show of the school year

KADA kids are performing their last show of the school year at Banner Elk Elementary School today.

Full Story

Boards to Review New High School

Want to know what is going on with Watauga’s proposed new high school?

Full Story

Lenoir man sentenced in fraudulent permits caseFormer Caldwell County Health Department environmental health specialist Michael Gerald Beane, 54, pleaded guilty yesterday in Caldwell County Superior Court. Full Story

Kruger Brothers to benefit Caldwell Memorial Hospital Foundation

The renowned Kruger Brothers will be playing May 12 at 6 p.m., an event not to be missed according to Susan Annas.

Full Story

NC pushes for presidential popular vote

Yesterday, a North Carolina Senate committee approved a bill in favor of abandoning the Electoral College system.

Full Story

Be a part of Be Kind to Animals Week

Both Boone and Blowing Rock have declared this week Be Kind to Animals Week, and the Watauga County Humane Society knows there are many ways to celebrate.

Full Story

Short Course for Private Land Owners Offered

Landowners interested in learning more about land management in Western North Carolina are invited to participate in the second annual High Country Woodland Owner Short Course.

Full Story

Geddings Sentenced to 4 Years

Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings was sentenced to four years in prison Monday on charges he hid his financial ties to a company expected to bid for the U.S. state’s lottery business.

Full Story

Community college’s popularity increasing

According to admission statistics, the number of students who transferred from state community colleges to campuses in the University of North Carolina system increased by more than 34 percent between 2000 and 2005.

Full Story

News

<< Start < Prev 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 Next > End >>

Page 1171 of 1196

Sports

More Sports

UNEWZ

More UNEWZ

Main Menu

Calendars

As cheap foreign imports have flooded the market, the number of furniture manufacturing jobs in western North Carolina has dropped by nearly two-thirds this decade.

Want to know what is going on with Watauga’s proposed new high school?

Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings was sentenced to four years in prison Monday on charges he hid his financial ties to a company expected to bid for the U.S. state’s lottery business.

According to admission statistics, the number of students who transferred from state community colleges to campuses in the University of North Carolina system increased by more than 34 percent between 2000 and 2005.