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The Blue Ridge Parkway is much, much more than a nice, long drive through some beautiful countryside.

A section of U.S. 321 between Lenoir and Blowing Rock will be closed overnight Mondays and Thursdays for blasting and road cleanup.

Jazz and cabaret singer Wendy Hayes has traveled all over the world during her 20-year career and will perform in Blowing Rock this Sunday.

Golf carts are now permitted to drive on specific town roads located on the east side of the Highway 321 Bypass near the Blowing Rock Country Club - but not on Main Street and other roads on the west side of the bypass.

French-Swiss founders Jim Cottrell and Jack Lester arranged celebrity visits, such as by astronaut Charles Duke , to draw attention to the ski school in its early days.

The climber who died at Ice Rock along the Blue Ridge Parkway this week was a man who loved adventure, books and most of all the mountains and friends, a fellow climber says.

With the end of the ski season drawing near, resorts in the High Country have begun planning end of season events and posting closing dates.

Cove Creek Principal Tom Trexler will retire after this school year. A Blowing Rock native, Trexler has served the school system for the past 32 years, wearing a variety of hats that included P.E. teacher, coach, assistant principal and principal.

Watauga County Schools Spelling Bee winners : Chris Pope, Zebulon Smith, Phillip Goetz, Brittany Stanton, Willis Ellis, Haleigh Wallace, Cameron Hastings and Anna Phillips.

Jonathan Sexton and the Big Love Choir are described as 'Kings of Leon meets Bob Marley.' Date: Friday, February 26 Time: 10:00 p.m. Location: Canyons, Blowing Rock Cost: No cover Indie pop rock band Jonathan Sexton and the Big Love Choir play Canyons in Blowing Rock this Friday, February 26, beginning at 10:00 p.m. Admission is free.

The trustees of Lees-McRae College have appointed Barry M. Buxton as president. Buxton will become the 15th president of the college on June 1. Buxton serves as the vice president for special projects at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.

Figure Eight Island has been in the news lately. Figure Eight is a very exclusive island off Wrightsville Beach.

Despite a weekend filled with clear skies and above normal temperatures, meteorologists said winter is not necessarily over.

The Watauga County Parks and Recreation master plan will guide decisions about recreation facilities over the next decade.

Golf carts will soon join cars, SUVs and motorcycles on the streets of Blowing Rock, as the Blowing Rock Town Council appears poised to pass an ordinance allowing golf carts on town roads.

Enough already with the "Enough already!" I know it's snowing again. Yep school is closed again.

It's been a cold winter so far, but it's about to get a little bit cooler. Appalachian State University's JAZZfest begins Friday, Feb.

It's been a wicked few days of winter weather in the mountains. This morning Ashe, Avery and Watauga county schools are closed.

Date: Sunday, February 14 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Location: Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock Cost: $15 general public/$5 students/free for Jazz Society members If you don't have plans for Valentine's Day - be honest, many of you don't - or if you're in the mood for a great evening of jazz, make your reservations now for the Blowing Rock Jazz Society's ...

The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Blowing Rock Historical Society and the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, has announced plans for Blue Ridge Heritage Day, a street festival in Blowing Rock scheduled for Saturday, September 18.