07/08/11 Enjoy lots of Scottish and Celtic music, games and pageantry at this weekend's Grandfather Mountain Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain. Get more online at www.gmhg.org.
07/07/11 Hundreds participated in the 18th annual Kiwanis Firecracker 5K in Weaverville Monday morning. The first male finisher was Seth Hendler-Voss, 33, of Asheville, and the first female finisher was Sarah Jones, 20, of Asheville.
07/07/11 Triangle - SMITH Advertising, a fully integrated advertising and marketing agency, has been selected by the Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce to provide social media marketing and public relations services as part of the overall goal to develop and distribute current, relevant information and establish the Spring Lake brand.
07/04/11 Robert "Bob" "Pop-Pop" Joseph Dzurka, 67, of New Milford, died March 4, 2010, at Yale- New Haven Hospital following a three-week battle with abdominal cancer.
07/03/11 Fireworks are flying at Memorial Stadium tonight in Asheville, and again Monday and Tuesday at McCormick Field ballpark during the long Independence Day weekend.
07/02/11 Lake Junaluska is one of several WNC towns that has a July 4 parade. Also featured at Lake Junaluska on July 3 and 4 are patriotic concerts by the renowned Lake Junaluska Singers, in Stuart Auditorium.
07/01/11 It took two extra holes but Rhyne McLeod Jones is the winner of the 59th annual Jr. Masters golf tournament at the East Aurora Country Club. McLeod Jones beat Trevor Sluman out of Rochester to win the championship.
07/01/11 Rhyne McLeod Jones of North Carolina won the 59th Annual International Junior Masters on the second playoff hole.
07/01/11 Rhyne Jones and his family decided long ago that this summer was going to be a big one for him. He had last summer to act like a typical teen, but then he decided he wanted to do something that would help him down the road in golf.
06/29/11 Trees covered in a blanket of snow are postcard-perfect in Boone. / Special to WNC Parent/NC Division of Tourism, Film Winterfest: In downtown Blowing Rock. Tickets and information available at Blowing Rock Visitors Center, 7738 Valley Blvd., Blowing Rock; 828-295-7851.
06/29/11 Children take part last year in the North Carolina Arboretum's week-long summer Citizen Science Camp. The N.C. Arboretum, which offers many programs for all ages, celebrates its 25th anniversary starting Friday.
06/28/11 The 59th Annual International Junior Masters got underway Tuesday at East Aurora Country Club. It looks like there is a chance Buffalo could produce another champion. Last year, Orchard Park's Jonathan Clark took home the title.
06/22/11 Current beauty pageant queens and junior queens from across North Carolina and their families joined contestants in this year's NC Rhododendron Pageant for a tour of Roan Mountain Recreation Area in Pisgah National Forest to see the rhododendrons in full bloom last Saturday.
06/21/11 Officials in Watauga County are trying to find the person responsible for setting fire to a truck behind a Boone restaurant early Sunday morning.
06/21/11 Site: Pittsford, N.Y. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Locust Hill Country Club (6,534 yards, par 72). Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $375,000.
06/16/11 Here are our top picks for this weekend. Michael Bolton and Kenny G will perform Saturday, June 18 at the Crown Coliseum, bringing together two soulful superpowers of song and saxophone.
06/15/11 Students and teachers at Reynolds Middle School participated in the second annual Reynolds Rocket 5K race June 8 in front of the school. Half of the proceeds from the run benefit Brother Wolf animal adoption center.
06/10/11 Submit items at least one week in advance of publication for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other activities in Western North Carolina.
06/08/11 Submit items at least one week in advance of publication for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other activities in Western North Carolina.
06/04/11 Triangle - SMITH Advertising, a fully integrated advertising and marketing agency, is pleased to announce the hiring of Lisa Hagedorn, Senior Account Manager; Zack May, Account Manager and Melinda Joffre, Social Media Administrator, Department of Social Media Marketing. | 
