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Music: Reviving the Black Banjo Tradition

Boone News @ July 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet

“Every night they get a standing ovation”

Up on stage at New York’s annual River to River summer music festival , a four-piece string band is tearing through the song “Sourwood Mountain.” The fiddle wails, the banjo frails and a few members of the … via MSNBC

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Production of some automotive belts being moved to North Carolina, Mexico

Ashe County News @ July 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet

A Moncks Corner automotive belts manufacturer is shifting a production line to North Carolina and Mexico. via WIS-TV Columbia

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Saturday Night Shooting Injures One

Wilkes County News @ July 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet

New details are emerging concerning the county’s second shooting in just a couple of days. via 3WC Radio News Blog

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