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Grandfather Mountain releases 2025 Grandfather Presents speaker series lineup

Boone, North Carolina · Boone

Grandfather Mountain releases 2025 Grandfather Presents speaker series lineup

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This season’s Grandfather Presents roster has an emphasis on those who make it their life’s mission to highlight the challenges, opportunities and good work happening around exploration, nature and conservation.See the Story

Contract applications sought to operate Watauga County License Plate Agency

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Contract applications sought to operate Watauga County License Plate Agency

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BOONE — The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is seeking applicants for a commissioned contractor to operate a license plate agency in Watauga County.See the Story

Carlton Gallery’s been hosting painting workshops for 30 years

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Carlton Gallery’s been hosting painting workshops for 30 years

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SEVEN DEVILS — Carlton Gallery is in its 30th season of hosting painting workshops.Read Article

19 organizations receive more than $40K in grants from Watauga County Community Foundation

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The Watauga County Community Foundation, a North Carolina Community Foundation affiliate, has awarded $40,405 in grants to 19 organizations supporting the local community.Watauga County · Watauga County Read Article

Boonerang begins annual 4-day festival with Boone's Got Talent on June 19

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BOONE -- The 4th annual Boonerang Music & Art Festival will draw about 10,000 people to the Downtown area June 19 through June 22.Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

App State’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies Announces Recipients of 2024–25 White Rose Student Research Conte

June 13, 2025 Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) has announced the recipients of its inaugural White Rose Student Research Contest. The contest, supported through a grant from anonymous donors, is an annual program dedicated to teaching deep learning on the Holocaust and promoting historical rigor. The contest encourages teachers to advise eighth through 12th grade students on writing an essay b…Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

App State announces recipients of 2024–25 White Rose Student Research Contest

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BOONE — Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) has announced the recipients of its inaugural White Rose Student Research Contest.Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

When the photographer becomes the photographed - Knox TN Today

Badger makes a yearly sojourn to an esteemed gathering of the finest in Southern Appalachian photography. The Nature Photography Weekend on Grandfather Mountain is a grand event with able presenters and highly capable shutterbugs. One of the seminal events is the Photo Contest, but the organizers had no category for “Badger in the Wild.” Nevertheless, two of the previous award winners decided that this unofficial category was appropriate in the …Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

Don and Audrey Bentley Scholarship Awarded to Mia Grace Llibre

June 11, 2025 –Watauga High School student Mia Grace Llibre, daughter of Yanni Llibre and Giovanni Llibre, was named the 2025 recipient of the Don and Audrey Bentley Scholarship. Llibre will attend University of Michigan this fall and plans to study global health. This year’s award is $22,000 and is renewable for up to four …Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

App State’s NRLP awards scholarships to 7 Watauga County students

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s New River Light and Power (NRLP) has named the 2025 recipients of two NRLP scholarship programs that support students pursuing higher education and careers in the energy industry. The NRLP Scholarship for incoming first-year App State students and the newly established NRLP Lineworker Scholarship were both awarded this spring. …Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

Grandfather Mountain Releases 2025 Grandfather Presents Speaker Series Lineup

June 11, 2025 Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is gearing up for an exciting reprise of its Grandfather Presents speaker series in 2025. This season’s Grandfather Presents roster has an emphasis on those who make it their life’s mission to highlight the challenges, opportunities and good work happening around exploration, nature and conservation. The lineup includes: Rea…Boone, North Carolina · Boone Read Article

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