Banner Elk News

Lees-McRae College honored Dorothy M. "Dotti" Shelton and R. Edwin "Ed" Shelton, of Dobson and Banner Elk, with the Rev.

This year's Mother's Day POP Shoppe event at the Unique Boutique started with a smattering of sunshine and pleasantly cool temperatures.

Our goal was Little Switzerland, a tiny village located in the high country of North Carolina.

Banner Elk is tuning up for this year's Summer Concerts in the Park series. Starting June 21, the 2012 series features 11 genre-spanning performances, including acts from ToneBlazers, Billy Scott and the Party Prophets, Buck Haggard, Dashboard Blue, Jeff Luckadoo & Southern Wave, Mad Dog Johnson with Don Vallarta, Mountain Soul, Wolf Creek, Dallas ... (more)

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Two newcomers are vying for the Sampson County Board of Commissioners District 4 seat, which is being vacated by longtime commissioner John Blanton.

The N.C. State Board of Elections this week published the latest campaign finance reports for 2012 election candidates following an April 30 reporting deadline.