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Ballets With A Twist Reveals 2024 Touring Season to North Carolina, Wisconsin & More
New York City-based dance company, Ballets with a Twist, announces its 2024 touring season to North Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Carolina. October 5, 2024: Schauer Arts Center, Hartford, WI. October 26, 2024: University of Minnesota Morris, Edson Auditorium, Morris, MN. November 21, 2024: Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC.
Movement Mortgage to host sixth annual High Country Top 50 Realtor Gala May 30
HIGH COUNTRY — The premier top 50 local real estate professionals in the High Country will gather to be honored for their 2023 success at the High Country Top 50 Realtor Gala on May 30. This annual event was founded by The Angela McLean Team of Movement Mortgage in 2018 and has become the premier event for the Top Realtors in the High Country. This year’s celebration will be a...
Brooks Pitches, Hits North Greene Into Final
ELIZABETHTON — North Greene’s Hannah Brooks got the best of a pitchers’ duel and also had the decisive hit in the Lady Huskies’ 2-0 win over Cloudland in the winners bracket final of the District 1-A softball tournament on Thursday at Unaka High School. North Greene, now 12-8, earned a spot in the championship game on Friday, awaiting the winner of the Cloudland-Unaka elimination game. The Lady Huskies also secured a spot in the Region 1-A tournament. ...
ENCHANTED EVENING: Students party away the night at Avery High School Prom
NEWLAND — Avery County High School hosted its annual Prom Night on Saturday, May 3, dancing across the floor of the Avery Agricultural Extension Community Building in Newland. “Enchanted Forest” was the theme of the well-attended event, featuring a low light setting with many purple and white flowers, and more. Participants enjoyed some lively music blared by the deejay who kept the crowd pumped up and excited throughout the night. ...
WJHL Rewind: Cable Country – Glassblowers create intricate designs
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (WJHL) – Former News Channel 11 anchor Tim Cable oversaw one of the region’s most popular series: Cable Country. In October 1992, Cable met a couple who shared a craft: glassblowing. Rick and Val Beck gave a demonstration by melting, shaping, heating and molding glass into stunning creations.
Retired law enforcement personnel honored during breakfast event
NEWLAND — On Saturday morning, May 4, the Avery County Chaplains hosted a breakfast in honor of the retired law officers in the county. The breakfast was open for all retired law enforcement officers, and was not specific to departments. The breakfast was held to provide an opportunity for the officers to fellowship together, catch up with one another and swap stories. There are nine chaplains comprising the group, who...
East Duplin falls to North Lenoir in first round of playoffs
LA GRANGE — The number 30 seeded East Duplin Panthers fell to the number three seeded North Lenoir Hawks 7-1 in the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2A State Playoffs on May 7 in a game that was much closer than the score showed. Heading into the game, the Panthers and the Hawks were going in two separate directions as the Hawks were playing some of their best baseball of the season having won four of their last five games...
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