Blowing Rock News

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Former state superintendent Bob Etheridge and other public education advocates gathered Tuesday in Boone to "sound the alarm" about state government decisions affecting the schools.

California... tense moments on the streets of L.A. with police trying to arrest a man who refused to get out of his vehicle.

A portion of the entry drive collapsed Monday morning at Shoppes on the Parkway in Blowing Rock, and Tanger Outlets is working now to repair the damage and reopen the shopping center.

An outlet mall in the North Carolina mountains is closed after a hole 20-feet deep opened up at the spot where cars enter the parking lot.

Summer is the perfect time to get out and explore the unique art and crafts Western North Carolina has to offer, through special events and dedicated shops.

Blowing Rock Fire & Rescue were called to the scene of a car fire on Blackberry Road on Friday night.

Ensemble Stage went searching for Eden and found comic paradise. James Still's "Searching for Eden " runs June 15 to 23 at the Blowing Rock School Auditorium, promising a veritable garden of jibs, jabs, laughter and heart.

A taste of Carlton Gallery can be sampled at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum for the month of June.

The town of Blowing Rock experienced two wastewater spills on June 10. The first spill occurred at a manhole adjacent to the Mayview Lift Station.

As part of the Sunset Stroll on Sunset Drive, Art & Artifacts and Blowing Rock Gallery of Homes & Land are featuring the magnetic representational works of Greensboro-based painter Addren Doss.

Big Medicine, featuring Joe Newberry, LaNelle Davis, Kenny Jackson and Bobb Head, will perform at the June 15 Mountain Home Music concert.

Blue Ridge Conservancy has added 28 acres to Bear Paw State Natural Area in Valle Crucis.

By GINNY STEVENS Blowing Rock Town commissioners voted in 2012 to celebrate a day to commemorate the biggest cheerleader the town has had in years - the late Jerry Burns, former editor of The Blowing Rocket for 44 years.

The Brief Sheet: From the Blowing Rock Police Department I was asked recently if I would continue to highlight our officers in the Brief Sheet so that our citizens could get to know our officers and staff and put names with faces.

In a short, yet sweet, meeting of the Blowing Rock Town Council Tuesday evening, the council voted unanimously to approve the proposed fiscal year budget for 2013-2014.

This June, Dora and Diego revisit one of their favorite adventures -- Tweetsie Railroad.

Health and recreation advocates across the state are concerned that the N.C. Senate's proposed cuts to greenway funding could jeopardize planned projects -- including two in Watauga County -- but a change to legislation last week could save them.

This was a very popular event last year so you may want to mark Tuesday on your calendar to get your reservations.

ASHEVILLE - The Friends of the WNC Nature Center hosts the third annual Mountain Safari 6-9 p.m. Saturday.