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- U.S. 321 closures set to speed up project
A section of U.S. 321 between Lenoir and Blowing Rock will be closed overnight Mondays and Thursdays for blasting and road cleanup.
- Jazz Society Features Vocalist Wendy Hayes Sunday
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.
- Blowing Rock Allows Golf Carts on Roads Near Club
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.
- A Fulfilling Life: French-Swiss Ski College and Jim Cottrell Celebrate Forty Years of Service
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.
- Boone man ice-fall victim
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.
- Ski, Tube and Snowboard While You Still Can! - Epic 2009-10 Season...
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 Retiring, Running for Clerk of Court
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.
- Cameron Hastings Wins 2010 Watauga County Schools Spelling Bee
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 at Canyons Friday
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.
- Regional Briefs: Lees-McRae's next president is a native of Blowing Rock
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.
- Can't get to Figure Eight Island? Try these instead
Figure Eight Island has been in the news lately. Figure Eight is a very exclusive island off Wrightsville Beach.
- Triad Enjoys Long-Awaited Warmer Weekend
Despite a weekend filled with clear skies and above normal temperatures, meteorologists said winter is not necessarily over.
- Indoor Rec Center a Top Priority in Parks and Recreation Plan
The Watauga County Parks and Recreation master plan will guide decisions about recreation facilities over the next decade.
- Golf Carts Could Be on Blowing Rock Roads by Spring
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.
- The Naturalist's Corner
Enough already with the "Enough already!" I know it's snowing again. Yep school is closed again.
- More
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.
- Wicked wind whips through mountain communities
It's been a wicked few days of winter weather in the mountains. This morning Ashe, Avery and Watauga county schools are closed.
- Blowing Rock Jazz Society Features ASU Jazz Ensemble I Sunday
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 ...
- Blowing Rock Chamber Plans Blue Ridge Heritage Day for Falla "Street...
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.
City DescriptionBlowing Rock is a town in North Carolina, situated in both Caldwell and Watauga counties. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census. However, during the summer the town's population increases to about 10,000. These "summertime residents" consist mainly of people from the State of Florida who come to Blowing Rock to escape the heat and humidity of the Deep South.
The Caldwell County portion of Blowing Rock is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Watauga County portion is part of the Boone Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The town of Blowing Rock takes its name from an unusual rock formation which juts over 1,500 feet (460 m) above the Johns River gorge. Due to the rock's shape and size, wind currents from the gorge often blow vertically, causing light objects to float upwards into the sky. The Blowing Rock area was once fought over by the Cherokee and Catawba Native American tribes. According to legend, two lovers - one from each tribe - were walking near the rocks when the man received a notice to report to his village and go into battle. When his lover urged him to stay with her, he became so distraught that he threw himself off the blowing ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Watauga County
- Caldwell County
- North Carolina
- United States of America
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