The Watauga County Democratic Party will host a plant sale June 23 set to include rare and hard-to-find plants such as the “Boone Glad.” A few years ago Jeff Owen, an Avery County extension agent, noticed an unusual flower blooming at an abandoned home site near Boone.
Daily Archives: June 12, 2012
Plans for Peters Creek Parkway call for four lanes, sidewalks and bike paths
Robert Saunders of Winston-Salem says a city proposal to reduce Peters Creek Parkway from six lanes to four lanes from Business 40 to Silas Creek Parkway would snarl traffic.
House speaker Tillis traveled with heavy security detail
In a nine-month span, N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis held 31 town hall forums across the state with a security entourage that included two legislative sergeants-at-arms, two General Assembly Special Police officers and numerous local law enforcement agents.