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Valle Crucis Conference Center opens new trail to Crab Orchard Falls
VALLE CRUCIS — The Valle Crucis Conference Center has announced a new trail leading to Crab Orchard Falls at the Valle Crucis Conference Center. The new trailhead is approximately 50 feet from the existing trailhead, and adds a quarter-mile to the distance between the VCCC main campus and Crab Orchard Falls. The new trail provides a gentler slope up the mountain, as well as more sustainable surfacing and more opportunity for native plants to flourish near the trail. ...
'We are desperate' | Watauga Humane Society hopes to find home for sweet, gentle shelter dog
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. — The Watauga Humane Society is asking for the public's help finding a forever home for one of its sweetest, most patient residents. Meet Kai, an 8-year-old dog who's been at the shelter for 333 days. His heartbreaking story sets him apart from most of the shelter's animals. He had a home, a loving dad and "all the belly rubs he could ask for," but one day things changed, and Kai found himself at the shelter.
Lees-McRae Summer Theatre kicks off season with ‘From the Mountaintop’
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Rev. Edgar Tufts changed Banner Elk and the surrounding community forever when he founded Lees-McRae College, Grace Hospital, Grandfather Home for Children, and the town’s first Presbyterian Church building. Tufts saw needs in the community, and he had a vision to serve those around him. As the official kick-off […] The post Lees-McRae Summer Theatre kicks off season with ‘From the Mountaintop’ appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter sees influx of dogs amid fireworks
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Several dogs were brought into the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter after fireworks on July 4 and the day after. “We’ve had them coming in all morning,” shelter director Shannon Posada said on Friday. “We’ve had several, several phone calls of people who have dogs and with no owners, which we anticipate […]
Americano Steak House’s sets annual veterans benefit cookout
ROAN MOUNTAIN — Americano Steak House & Wine Bar, 8362 US 19E, has announced its Fourth Annual July Community Cookout from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Donations will be accepted, a release said, and 100 percent will benefit the American Veterans Emergency Response Team. The cookout, which will be held in the restaurant’s parking […] The post Americano Steak House’s sets annual veterans benefit cookout appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
North Carolina artist Maud Gatewood's work on display at BRAHM
BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — One of North Carolina’s most popular artist’s life work is on display. “The Hard Edge and the Soft Line: A Retrospective of Maud Gatewood” exhibition opened at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum in June. It tells the story of the renowned painter.
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