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Itâs the 74th festival, marking it as one of the oldest festivals in the region. The Roan Mountain Citizens Club has been putting on the festivals since June 1947. This yearâs event is scheduled June 19 and 20. The festival is always held around the third weekend in June, when the Catawba rhododendron reach their peak bloom in the Cloudland Gardens atop Roan Mountain, which has an elevation above 6,000 feet. Although called a garden, Cloudland is not man-made, as the rhododendron thrives and blankets many acres of mountains in the Appalachians. But the Cloudland Gardens are said to be the largest in the world. Thousands of magenta-pink blossoms erupt when the plants bloom. ....
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Faced with declining student enrollment, the Carter County Board of Education will consider closing schools to save money. A report presented to school board members last week outlined a population drop from 6,000 to 4,763 and suggested closing Little Milligan, Keenberg, Valley Forge and Unaka elementary schools and Cloudland High School. The remaining students in the zones currently served by those schools would be redistributed to other schools. Over the next five years, the suggestions as presented could shave more than $2 million off the county districtâs budget, which is currently $42 million. No decision has yet been made, and the school board plans to discuss the proposal at its meeting on Feb. 18. ....