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2025-2025 Christmas & New Year’s Day Holiday Closings
Below is a list of holiday closings. The list will be updated as needed. Watauga County Schools will early release…
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Governor-elect Josh Stein announces launch of Rebuilding Western North Carolina Advisory Committee
(RALEIGH) Governor-elect Josh Stein today announced that he has launched the Rebuilding Western North Carolina Advisory Committee to help advise…
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Ashe Sheriff: Winebarger Arrested with Meth and Fentanyl
WEST JEFFERSON, N.C. – Sheriff B. Phil Howell announces the arrest of 32-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Winebarger of Deep Gap after…
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Winter Weather Advisory including Watauga & Ashe – Friday & Saturday December 20-21, 2024
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENational Weather Service Blacksburg VA625 AM EST Fri Dec 20 2024 NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-508-201900-/O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0015.241220T1800Z-241221T1800Z/Ashe-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Grayson-Mercer-Summers-WesternGreenbrier-Including the cities of Tazewell,…
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Winter Weather Advisory for Avery County – Friday & Saturday December 20-21, 2024
NCZ033-200600-/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0010.241220T1800Z-241221T1800Z/Avery-Including the cities of Ingalls, Newland, and Banner Elk509 PM EST Thu Dec 19 2024 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT…
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Fatal collision 321 near Frank Hodges Drive in Watauga County – Wednesday December 18, 2024
Sugar Grove– On Wednesday, December 18, at approximately 6:15 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision…
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US 421 between Boone and Mountain City is officially open
“US 421 between Boone and Mountain City is OFFICIALLY OPEN!” That's the caption Maymead Materials lead off with in a…
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Man sentenced to 22 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material, Boone Police Department part of investigation units
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – James Matthew Johnson, 36, of Glade Valley, N.C., was sentenced to 22years in prison and a lifetime…
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Ashe County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in locating a stolen LUCAS Chest Compression System
The Ashe County Sheriff's Office is seeking help in locating a stolen LUCAS Chest Compression System. The photo below is…
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Open burning permit requirement reinstated for 21 counties in Western North Carolina as accessibility improves
RALEIGH — Effective at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, the N.C. Forest Service reinstates the requirement for open burning permits in…
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