Banner Elk News

Maryville College officials are evaluating whether to host a nationally recognized program designed to improve the lives of low-income, middle-age Appalachian women.

One of the area's most interesting arts and crafts show is coming up Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, in Banner Elk.

ROCKWELL a ' Rockwell Mayor Beau Taylor has announced he will seek re-election this November to a fourth term.

All events Saturday unless otherwise noted. Asheville/Buncombe County: Fourth of July Celebration, 4-10 p.m. Martin Luther King Park, Asheville.

Fredrick Marshall won first place at the Mountain Top Promotions Fine Arts and Crafts Award Show, hosted by Pat Fay and held June 27 and 28 at the Great Train Robbery in Banner Elk, for his watercolor work.

A total of 1,250 riders participated in this year's Blood, Sweat and Gears. The 100-mile and 52-mile rides began and ended in Valle Crucis, traversing beautiful and challenging High Country terrain.

Former gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger has some advice for his fellow academics: talk to reporters.

The first Avery Tour de Art takes place on Saturday, June 27, and will continue every fourth Saturday of the month through October.

The High Country is exploding with events celebrating the nation's independence on Saturday, July 4. Use our list of parades, special events and fireworks to plan your memorable day.

Officers responded to a report of a person disturbing the peace. The victim reported a person causing him/her fear with a knife and cutting the tire on a vehicle.

I've traveled to a lot of places with Fred W. Sauceman over the years. Some of the highlights include a 2006 trip to Yuma, Va., where I was introduced to soup bean pie served at McGee's Sandwich Shop.

"There really are more galleries here per capita than you'll find anywhere else in the High Country," said Mike Hill, owner of ArtPurveyors.com in Foscoe, referring to the Foscoe, Banner Elk, Linville and greater Avery County area.

Civil War re-enactors will be on the grounds throughout Opening Day for the Banner House Museum, Saturday, June 20.

It's no secret that if you want the best locally grown produce, meats and dairy products, you've got to get up early, grab your tote bag and head to one of the High Country's fabulous farmers' markets.

The High Country Jubilee Chorus performs selections from The Sound of Music in Banner Elk and Boone on Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. each night.

The cast of Shear Madness features Tom Wahl, Jack Dillon and Joseph Klosek, and Juliana Black, Martin Thompson and Linda Edwards.

Pat Fay, one of the High Country's leading jewelry artists and craft show divas, and her company Mountain Top Promotions, are once again bringing to the area the art show to beat them all.

Three of Broadway's most popular musicals are coming to the mountains as part of Lees-McRae Summer Theatre's 25th anniversary season.

"Biggest on the East Coast" Story by David Brewer Suspended more than 150 feet in the air and enthusiastically yelling, a Boone resident takes one of the first trips on Hawksnest's new zipline course, which will open to the public next week.

High Country Host, a membership marketing organization serving six counties in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, will host its annual membership meeting on Thursday, June 18, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Best Western Mountain Lodge, located at 1615 Tynecastle Highway in Banner Elk.