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Appalachian Summer Camp

Are your kids looking for something fun to do for the summer? Then send them to the Urec Camp at Appalachian State University. There is one more week left of camp, it’s July 23-27th. Students from rising 1st to rising 9th grade can enjoy this exciting and enjoying camp at Appalachian State University. The Urec […]

Beech Mountain Bike Race

The town of Beech Mountain invites everybody this weekend on July 21 to the brews and views bike race. This is the second annual brew and views festival, the bike championship race’s last for three days. The Festival includes 40 craft brews, music from three bands, professional and amateur mountain bikers compete for Championships. This […]

Adopt a Parkway

Adopt-a-Street, Adopt-a-Highway, Adopt-a-Stream and similar volunteer programs help decrease government costs and foster a sense of community pride and ownership. Along the Blue Ridge Parkway, families, businesses and organizations can adopt an overlook. There is more than 270 Overlooks that are considered for adoption. The requirements are to mow grass, sweep sidewalks and parking areas, […]

Droughts Ending by Big Storms

In the Southeast droughts about this time really can hurt the economy and especially farmers. But statistics have shown that during the big droughts in the summer either a tropical hurricane or a tropical cyclone hits. It’s great that it can end a drought but can come with great consequences. One reason why is because […]

Fun Hike with a Wonderful View

Grandfather Mountain offers one of the most beautiful scenic trails in Western NC. It has a couple of trails that can reach about 1000 feet over the mile high swinging bridge. If you like a long hike and still take you to the top of Grandfather Mountain you can take the profile trail. The profile […]

New Things to do in the High Country

In Boone NC located just minutes from downtown is the new mountain bike park. The trails are made for beginners to advanced riders, with trails that are singletrack, rocks, jumps and flow. There are three shelters, picnic area, and an adventure playground. If you like to help out in your community then come to Rocky […]

Restaurants in the High Country NC

Some of the new Restaurants in the High Country are Cracker Barrel, Woodhaven, Five guys, J&J’s chop house, Frontier BBQ. These are some of the new restaurants that have been built recently in the High Country. Cracker Barrel and Five Guy’s is located in Boone off of the Hwy 321, Cracker Barrel is a chained […]

False Real Estate Tax Rumor

    The National Association of Realtors has some tax advice for users of the internet: Don’t believe everything you read. There has been a recent flare-up of chain emails purporting that, come Jan. 1, all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% federal sales tax. The problem: That’s not true. The basis […]

Wonderful Things to do in West Jefferson NC

  One of the most popular things to do in West Jefferson NC is to visit the the Ashe County Cheese Factory.  The factory is located in downtown and is open year round from 8:30 to 5:00 Monday through Saturday.  It is also one of the oldest cheese factory’s in the Carolina’s.   If you […]

Fall in the NC Mountains and The Blue Ridge Parkway

Fall has recently arrived in the NC Mountains and the color of the trees is truly magnificent.  One way to enjoy the colors of an NC Mountain Fall are by taking a scenic drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway which runs through Alleghany County NC, Ashe County NC, and Watauga County NC.  Jamie Jensen of […]