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USDA Designates High Country Counties As Natural Disaster Areas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated six counties in North Carolina as primary natural disaster areas due to…
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No Travel Delays Expected Due To Weather For Jan 8, 2014
With no precipitation in the forecast overnight Tuesday (Jan 7) and all day Wednesday (Jan 8) there are no expected…
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Temps Below Zero Still Not Enough To Break All Time Records
As the High Country experiences bitterly cold temperatures it still was not enough to break all time record levels. With…
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Temperatures Plummet To -17 Degrees On Grandfather Mountain
*Editor’s note: a picture of the -103 wind chill reading quickly made the rounds across the WataugaRoads social media outlets…
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Blue Ridge Linemen Restoring Final Wind-Related Outages
Linemen with Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation are restoring the final outages that occurred this morning in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe…
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NCDOT Crews Battle Extreme Cold to Clear Roads
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s snow and ice removal efforts went smoothly last night, despite arctic temperatures throughout the mountains…
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Blue Ridge Linemen Restoring Wind-Related Outages
Linemen with Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation Power are restoring wind-related outages this morning in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany…
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Local Church Catches Fire In Extreme Cold
On one of the most extreme weather nights that the region has experienced in at least 20 years, area firefighters…
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January 7 2014 Conditions/Reports
5am – minus 7 degrees with a wind chill of -39 in Boone and wind gust of 55mph. 6am –…
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NCDOT Keeping Crews Safe During Tonight’s Arctic Chill
With arctic temperatures moving into the mountains and foothills, the N.C. Department of Transportation is taking extra precaution to keep…
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