Banner Elk Chamber of Commerce

06/06/2026

The Banner House Museum is excited to announce hours, tours, and tickets for Summer 2026!

Experience 19th-century life in Banner Elk and the High Country in the home of Samuel Henry Banner, one of Banner Elk’s early settlers and his wife, Jane Hyder Banner, and their seven children.

The circa 1870 house has been furnished with period heirlooms donated and loaned by area residents to tell the story of Banner Elk life from the 1870’s to the 1900’s. An exhibition room highlights local history from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition, visitors may see a volunteer weaver demonstrating traditional hand-weaving techniques on a floor loom.

This year, there will be a special exhibit highlighting Banner Elk as part of the USA’s 250th anniversary.

The Banner House Museum is continuing its participation this year in an area-wide oral history project to collect stories surrounding Tropical Storm Helene. In addition, the project is expanding to include oral histories from throughout the entire history of Banner Elk and surrounding Avery County.

Working in collaboration with Appalachian State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, Avery County Historical Society, and the Beech Mountain Museum, folks can share their Helene and other historical experiences at a special recording station set up at the museum. Learn more on the museum’s website. Come and share YOUR story!

The museum opens for summer visitors on June 6, 2026 and runs through September 19, 2025. Hours are 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. General admission is $5 per person and includes a house tour. Last house tour starts at 2:30 p.m. The museum is located close to downtown on Hickory Nut Gap Road near the Banner Elk Greenway and next to the Mill Pond. The address is 7990 Hickory Nut Gap Road Banner Elk, NC 28604-2261.

Local businesses are encouraged to join the museum as a sponsoring business member, with several sponsorship levels available ranging from $250 to $1000. Benefits include free guest passes, sponsorship signage at the museum, and discounted tickets to special events.

06/06/2026

Lots of great deals at Banner Elk's Favorite Pet store - My Best Friend's Barkery !

06/06/2026

AMOREM realizes that every moment matters. Our mission-driven approach to care improves quality of life and helps make more time for the important things—like learning to play checkers…that means everything.

Visit www.amoremsupport.org to learn how AMOREM can improve your quality of life.

Amorem, formerly CHPC and BHPC

06/01/2026

We are so excited to announce this year's Grandfather Presents speaker series lineup!

In 2026, we will hear presentations from nature-inspired social media foragers, the Grizzly Forager Family; the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s executive director and senior fellow, Buddy Huffaker and Dr. Stanley A. Temple; entomologist, award-winning author and science communicator Eleanor Spicer Rice, Ph.D., in partnership with Our State; and biologist, educator, ecologist, explorer and author Margaret Lowman, Ph.D., aka CanopyMeg.

This series places an emphasis on those who make it their life’s mission to highlight the challenges, opportunities and good work happening around exploration, nature and conservation. We can't wait to hear what each guest has to say!

Learn more at grandfather.com/grandfather-presents.

📸: GMSF

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06/01/2026

Fleas and ticks are frustrating, but getting rid of them takes more than just treating your pet once a month. These are three ways you can help keep these unwelcome guests off your pets and out of your house.

Need help choosing the right prevention for your pet? Stop by the store and chat with us. 🐾

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06/01/2026

Two weeks ago, Bradley, our campus photographer, brought us what appeared to be a badly injured Red Shouldered Hawk he had come across lying in the woods. The initial diagnosis was not encouraging: Spinal and neurological trauma, and he was unable to even stand on his own. One week later, he was still lying on his side. Then, one day at a time, he started to improve. He started standing, perching, vocalizing and showing an appropriate fear response. He was moved to a flight cage and would climb to the perch when he couldn't fly to it. Last week, he started eating some of the food offered to him, and flying at the heads of his caregivers (honestly, a really good sign!) Imagine Bradley's surprise when we called last week to tell him that "his" hawk was ready for release!

Bradley enlisted the help of his neighbor to release RSHA #2026- 0569 on Friday. We think you'll be just as happy as we are that this magnificent bird is back in the wild, released in the area where he was found. All because one person saw him, knew he needed help, and took the time to bring him in. For that reason, we 🫶 you, Bradley, as we do all our finders. 🥰

Photo credit: Bradley Pearce, Lees-McRae College Photographer