Avery County

High Country United Way Awards $100,000 to Local Non-Profits

BOONE – High Country United Way is announcing the award of $100,000 in grant funding to support 24 non-profit programs…

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Woolly Worm Festival 2020 Canceled

Officials with the Woolly Worm Festival have announced the cancellation of the 2020 event. “It is with deep sadness that…

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Lightning strike at a Banner Elk business sends six people to hospital

One of several rounds of strong storms, moving through Avery County, resulted in six people being injured after a lightning…

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NCDHHS Allocates $35 Million to Local Health Departments for COVID-19 Response

RALEIGH: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is allocating $35 million in federal funding to local health…

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First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Avery County

Ledger, NC (May 18, 2020). The Avery County Health Department, part of Toe River Health District, was notified that an…

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Avery County Sheriff’s Office Charges Two people with Failure to Obey Travel Ban

The Avery County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is reporting the arrest of two individuals with failure to obey the travel ban…

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Avery County Government Suspension of All Short-Term Rentals Effective Immediately

Avery County government officials announced on Wednesday afternoon that effective at 5pm, those lodging facilities that do short-term rentals be…

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Restoration of Linville River continues; seedling planting and trout stocking to be in next phase

CROSSNORE – The N.C. Forest Service and partnering agencies have restored 2,450 feet of the Linville River channel as it…

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Snow & Ice Close Section of Highway 105 on Monday

A winter weather system that brought a quick drop of snow lead to the closing of a section of Highway…

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