Avery County

Avery High Football Team quarantined through March 16

The Avery County School system has announced that the Avery High Football Team is quarantined until March 16th due to…

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Blue Ridge Parkway Announces Linville River Bridge Repairs

National Park Service officials announced back in January that a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 316.5 to…

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Avery County Schools will move to remote learning beginning Friday Nov 20 due to COVID-19

The Avery County School system has announced that they will move to remote learning starting Friday, November 20, 2020. In…

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Avery County Sheriff’s Office seeks help locating missing runaways

UPDATE MONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 8:47 pm – The females have been located and are now in custody of child protective…

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Tropical Storm Warning for Avery County

Avery-213 PM EDT Wed Oct 28 2020 …TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT… A Tropical Storm Warning means tropical storm-force winds…

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Another month of record home sales

BOONE – The High Country real estate market hit a new sales high in September, according to the monthly real…

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Avery County Schools teacher test positive for COVID-19

The Avery County School system has announced a positive COVID-19 case regarding a teacher at Crossnore Elementary. “Although mask were…

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Friday October 16 – Appalachian State, Watauga, Alleghany & Ashe COVID-19 Cases Data

Editor Note – A question regarding the reporting of COVID-19 daily numbers has come up often on the Watauga Online…

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Avery County 8th grader test positive for COVID-19

An Avery County 8th grader has tested positive for COVID-19 today. The Avery County Middle School student has not attended…

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Avery County High student test positive for COVID-19

The Avery County School system has announced a positive COVID-19 case in a student at Avery High. “All Avery County…

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