Itâs the season of giving, but thatâs not why poet, writer, and artist Beverly Finney of Hickory has been stealthily distributing free poems. The Catawba County nativeâs been doing it âto encourage each other to remember our shared humanity,â she explained. 2020 has been â and continues to be â a tough one. Beverlyâs hopeful her inspiring poems will help women and men ârecognize the human experience,â as Beverly called the basis of all her writing. âWe all have fears, hopes, dreams, angers, mistakes, and our successes,â she pointed out.
In other words, at our cores, we people of this earth are more alike than different, and if we come to see and appreciate the universality of living, maybe weâll love each other at least a little more.
Boone Chamber Announces 2020 Community Award Winners
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2020 Community Award Winners.
A total of nine awards are being presented to local leaders and organizations that played a significant role in the High Country’s response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two new honors have been added in 2020: The #KeepBooneHealthy Award for Community Leadership and the Kathy Crutchfield Citizen of the Year Award.
Silver Linings, an hour-long documentary detailing Boone and Watauga County’s COVID-19 response, will provide an account of the challenges endured throughout the pandemic and told through the achievements and experiences of this year’s award winners.
North Carolina foothills preparing for ice
NC foothills prepare for snow and ice By Steve Ohnesorge | December 15, 2020 at 6:11 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 6:42 PM
MORGANTON, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Department of Transportation trucks spent Tuesday afternoon spreading brine on Interstate 40 and on the bridges and overpasses at several exits.
Officials say they are trying to stay ahead of the storm that was expected overnight. Sleet and freezing rain could begin early Wednesday morning.
As the brine trucks did their job, other trucks were loaded with plow blades and salt spreaders, just in case they are needed.
County Highway Engineer Josh Mashburn says it could be a bad storm, or maybe not.