Avery Journal Online

The winter of 2011-12 was unseasonably mild, but there is no guarantee that Old Man Winter won’t return with a flourish next time around.Read more...

When a town loses a leader, most people remember the hard work and guidance that leader brought to their community. For every leader, however, there are also siblings, children and loved ones, who remember not just a leader, but also a part of their family. The same goes for Beatrice Wilson Daniels, whose daughter, Aleta Daniels-Fields, sat down with The Avery Journal-Times to provide some history and thoughts on the woman who steered Newland for a decade as its mayor.

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Linville Resorts Inc. has renewed its controversial petition for Avery County Board of Commissioners to abandon Old Yonahlossee Road in Linville, leaving Linville Resorts Inc. with sole access to and responsibility for the road. The renewed request was presented in the form of a resolution at the regular monthly meeting of Avery County Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 7. Read more...

Avery County’s primary election canvass is complete.Read more...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the Farmland Preservation Program in Avery County.Read more...

Banner Elk Planning Board approved changes on Monday, May 7, to its zoning ordinance that added business incubators, such as the proposed A.C. P.R.I.D.E., under its medical and educational category. Read more...

Mountain Electric Cooperative is in the process of choosing a route to run high capacity (69 kV) power lines to connect a new electrical substation in the Sugar Mountain area.Read more...

Leigh Blevins with Appalachian Architecture P.A. in Boone went over flooring and interior options for Elk Park’s new town hall building.Read more...

Number of voters:
State (2,164,074 or 34.4% of registered voters) 

Non-Partisan 

Constitutional amendment: FOR: State (61.1%) 
AGAINST: State (38.9%) Read more...

Editor's note: The following are unofficial results from Avery County only for the 2012 primary election in North Carolina, which took place Tuesday, May 8. In Avery, voter turnout was nearly 46 percent, with 5,333 ballots cast out of 11,730 registered voters. State results will be posted separately. See this week's print edition of The Avery Journal-Times for more primary election coverage. Read more...

In the May 8 primary election, Avery County voters will help determine the course of the county’s future for years to come. Read more...

Spring has sprung in the High Country and the staff of the Avery Chamber is requesting that all of our members be proactive in keeping their information (rack cards, brochures, etc.) up to date in the chamber office.Read more...

Avery Senior Center hosted a meet and greet to give candidates for the upcoming May 8 primary an opportunity to address and mingle with Avery County’s seniors citizens. Read more...

An Avery County grand jury handed down an indictment for three counts of embezzlement against Patricia Calhoun Smith, former executive director of ACADA, on Monday, April 23.Read more...

This is part two of interviews conducted in April with the Republican primary opponents in District 45: freshman N.C. Sen. Dan Soucek (present District 45) and former N.C. Rep. George S. Robinson.Read more...

Mountain Electric garners public input to determine route for power line.Read more...

Leaders from Newland, Avery County and High Country Council of Governments gathered in Newland to commemorate the beginning of construction on Linville Cove Senior ApartmentsRead more...

With a controversial amendment to the state constitution on the ballot, along with an array of crucial decisions on the future of local government, voters in and around Avery County will want to be sure they make it to the polls on Tuesday, May 8. Read more...