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Editorial

 

Our View: Boon or bust, the future is ours to decide

With growth comes growing pains, and Boone has been no stranger to either during the past decade.
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Our View: Seeing the mountains for the trees

After polishing its natural gems for millennia, it's no surprise that state parks in the High Country are among those most visited in North Carolina.
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Our View: Unburying the past

Given the isolation of our mountain communities, local history is easily buried, tucked away or often retained by only a few people.
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Our View: New N.C. law enough to drive you to think

As predictable as the turn of the calendar from December to January, new laws across North Carolina will take effect today.
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Our View: War lessons transfer to our home front

Eight years and nine months later: The war in Iraq is over.
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Our View: Help in the High Country not a given

“So, this is Christmas, and what have you done,” is the question John Lennon first asked in 1971.
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