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Avery County native McKinney turns to music to preserve Appalachian heritage (opens the original)
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Erica Renee Mckinney is an Avery County native who grew up riding her stepfatherâs brotherâs dune buggies, motorcycles and four-wheelers. Camping every weekend and living a simpler life shaped her childhood. Now, after a season of overwhelm, sheâs returning to a life of simplicity and grounded-ness â true to who she is at its core â and rooted in her work as a singer. As a child, Mckinney didnât fully appreciate what the mountains and land offered her. She and her sister would walk e
Building faith one ramp at a time (opens the original)
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FOSCOE â At 87, Harold Stophel shuffles more than he strides as he said âabout every joint in my body doesnât work,â but the ramps keep going up. On Friday, Sept. 18, friends and volunteers gathered in Foscoe to dedicate the 55th wheelchair ramp built by Grace Builders, the ministry Stophel started 22 years ago. Stophel was born in Bristol, Virginia, during the Great Depression. When World War II began, manufacturing expanded, and his family moved from the sharecrop farm where they lived
Avery County Morrison Library launches Homeschool Huddle Program (opens the original)
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NEWLAND â Avery County Morrison Public Library will offer a hHomeschool Huddle program starting this October in addition to its regularly scheduled programming. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another
Foscoe Ruritan honors student, learns about the American Chestnut (opens the original)
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FOSCOE â A tree that once dominated Southern Appalachian forests was the focus of the Foscoe Ruritan Clubâs history dinner, where a representative of the American Chestnut Association described efforts to return it to Eastern woodlands. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. Thanks to modern technologies, you and more people are reading the Watauga Democrat t
Beech Mountain’s Autumn at Oz draws faithful pilgrims (opens the original)
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BEECH MOUNTAIN â Autumn at Oz, held atop Beech Mountain is widely billed as the worldâs largest Wizard of Oz festival. Held for three weekends at Land of Oz theme park, the event offers Oz fans a whimsical experience as they walk the yellow brick road and meet Oz characters. Tickets sell out fast, and fans are faithful in making the pilgrimage to the mountain each year. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full a
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