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Crime Stoppers seeks information in theft at 137 Moonstruck Lane
High Country Crime Stoppers and the Boone Police Department seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: On the…
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Partnerships More Powerful than Hurricanes: How One WNC Community College and One K-8 school are Rising Above in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
In late September 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Florida panhandle and made its slow march inland and upward,…
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Special Weather Statement for Watauga & Ashe & – Increased Fire Danger – Wednesday March 26, 2025
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-262300-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-Including the cities of West Jefferson, Sparta, Dobson, Danbury,Eden, Yanceyville, Boone, Wilkesboro, Yadkinville, Tazewell,Marion, Bland, Pearisburg,…
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Repair Homes Now Before Bat Pupping Season
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) recommends that homeowners check now for bats that may be getting into their home and evict them…
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Special Weather Statement including Avery County – Increased Fire Danger – Wednesday March 26, 2025
NCZ033-035>037-049>052-056>058-068>072-082-501-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-106>109-261930-Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Catawba-Rowan-Graham-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke-Eastern McDowell-Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-323 AM EDT Wed Mar 26 2025 …INCREASED FIRE DANGER…
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Missing Person Located Deceased in Watauga County – No Foul Play Suspected
Watauga County, NC – March 24, 2025 – The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating the disappearance and subsequent…
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App State and Playfly Sports Enter Multimedia Rights Partnership
BOONE, N.C. / BERWYN, Pa. – App State Athletics and Playfly Sports, the leading revenue maximizer of the sports industry, today…
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Battle at The Rock Parking Update
BOONE, N.C. – With App State’s “Battle at The Rock” spring football game coming up on April 12, there are updated…
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Special Weather Statement including Avery County – Increased Fire Danger – Tuesday March 25, 2025
GAZ029-NCZ033-035>037-048>052-057>059-062-063-071-072-082-501-SCZ009-011>014-019-260000-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Caldwell Mountains-York-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood-1015 AM EDT Tue Mar 25 2025 …INCREASED FIRE DANGER FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THISEVENING… Dry…
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WATAUGA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RELEASES FEBRUARY 2025 BUSINESS SNAPSHOT REPORT
BOONE, NC – In an ongoing effort to track real-time conditions for local businesses as recovery from the impacts of…
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