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🌱 Boone firefighters join multi-agency response to late-night Vilas explosion
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In today's newsletter:
- Boone firefighters join multi-agency response to late-night Vilas explosion
- Meet the Boone senior earning a full-ride Roan leadership scholarship
Also on today's calendar: Artful Yoga and Sound Bath in Patrick Dougherty: Pilgrimage — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
- Saturday: Warm with sunny intervals, temps: high: 79, low: 44.
- Sunday: Windy; cooler with a shower, with a high of 52 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Multiple Agencies Respond To Watauga County Explosion & Fire (whky.com) — Boone-area fire crews were among several agencies called to a late-night explosion and large fire on Burl Brown Road in the Vilas community early Wednesday, April 15. The blaze was brought under control, and county fire and sheriff’s investigators are now conducting a joint investigation into what happened. No further details about damage or injuries were released. 
• ETSU announces Roan Class of 2030 (elizabethton.com) — A Watauga High School senior from Boone has been named to East Tennessee State University’s prestigious Roan Scholars Leadership Program, earning a full four-year scholarship and intensive leadership development. The program’s new Class of 2030 includes 12 standout students from Tennessee and neighboring states, all recognized for academic excellence, service, and leadership. Boone readers may especially recognize the local student’s extensive athletics, music, and volunteer work.
📸 Around Boone
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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This is Spinal Tap (1984) — The Appalachian Theatre of the High Country
Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 W King St, Boone
6:00 pm
Friday April 17
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Other local events
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Artful Yoga and Sound Bath in Patrick Dougherty: Pilgrimage — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum , 159 Ginny Stevens Ln , Blowing Rock
9:30 am -
Appalachian Folk Medicine
Turtle Island Preserve , 2683 Little Laurel Rd , Boone
10:00 am -
National Poetry Month- Poetry Mixer
Watauga County Public Library , 140 Queen Street , Boone
2:00 pm -
Rhiannon Giddens
The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts , 733 Rivers St , Boone
7:30 pm -
Movie Matinee Monday- The Birdcage
Watauga County Public Library , 140 Queen Street , Boone
2:00 pm -
Special Storytime: Anne Welsh Artist
Watauga County Public Library , 140 Queen St , Boone
11:00 am -
Town Council Regular Meeting
Boone, NC Calendar Boone, NC 28607
5:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Wednesday April 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Gary McCullough
Banner Elk Winery , 60 Deer Run , Banner Elk
1:00 pm -
First Friday Art Crawls
Downtown Boone Development Association , Town Hall , 567 W King St , Boone
5:00 pm -
Drop-In Artmaking at Turchin Center
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts , 423 W King St , Boone
5:00 pm -
National Poetry Month- Poetry Mixer
Watauga County Public Library , 140 Queen Street , Boone
2:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Deer fawns are born in late spring and early summer.
Newborns have spots and almost no scent, which is nature’s built‑in invisibility cloak. A doe will leave their fawns alone for long stretches on… (Nextdoor ) - We receive numerous calls here at the Wildlife Commission during the growing season from panicked landowners who have “a bunch of little bees hovering over the ground.
” We are here to help! Believe it or not, most of the more than 500 native bee species in North Carolina nest underground. (Hopefully you haven’t… (Nextdoor )
- Earth Fare, Inc posted a job opening for Produce Clerk in Boone. Apply here.
- Cracker Barrel posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Boone. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boone here.
🗞 Nearby News
Blowing Rock
- 2050 Blowing Rock Blvd, Lenoir, NC 28645 (realtor.com)
- PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application to (wataugademocrat.com)
- Raccoon Theology: Thoughts you get after Easter (ashepostandtimes.com)
Banner Elk
- Banner Elk Council approves grants, honors officer (averyjournal.com)
West Jefferson
- Ashe County protests span years, from Tea Party roots to 'No Kings' rallies (ashepostandtimes.com)
- ‘There is nothing to fear,' Stafford addresses IAC concerns (ashepostandtimes.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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