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🌱 How to experience Banner Elk’s best fall colors without the crowds.

Banner Elk, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning to you Banner Elk! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How to experience Banner Elk’s best fall colors without the crowds.

Also on today's calendar: Fall Bash & Chili Cookoff and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What happens when two monkeys get a divorce? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 77 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 76, low: 57.
  • Friday: Warm; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 72 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This Quiet North Carolina Mountain Town Is A Hidden Gem For Stunning Fall Colors (takingthekids.com) — Banner Elk residents and visitors get a detailed guide to making the most of fall color right at home, from timing peak leaves to strolling the Greenway and Wildcat Lake. The piece highlights nearby drives, waterfalls, Grandfather Mountain, the Woolly Worm Festival, and local spots like Apple Hill Farm and BE Artists Gallery, positioning Banner Elk as a relaxed High Country base.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hey neighbors,
    If you have NC Quickpass, you do well to read this. I received an email today with the NCQuickpass logo attached telling me my credit card provider… (Nextdoor Mill Ridge)
  • Lees-McRae College posted a job opening for Academic Advisor in Banner Elk. Apply here.
  • Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Pricing Coordinator in Blowing Rock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Banner Elk here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beech Mountain

  • Beech Mountain officials warn Helene-damaged dam could endanger lives as funding stalls (reflector.com)

Newland

  • Avery commissioners adopt 2027 property values, delay data center moratorium hearing (reflector.com)
  • Watauga, Avery Obituaries – October 13th, 2026 (hcpress.com)

Blowing Rock

  • Lady Raiders sweep Blowing Rock for tournament championship (wataugademocrat.com)
  • Blowing Rock begins Park Avenue waterline work as other town projects wrap up (wataugademocrat.com)
  • This week in the archives: Draft board set, 500 join search, complex booted forward (wataugademocrat.com)

Ok Banner Elk! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What happens when two monkeys get a divorce?" — They are banana split. (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Banner Elk

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