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Boonerang Music & Arts Festival Road Closures and Parking Information
The Town of Boone would like to provide a public service announcement regarding the upcoming road closures which will be…
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High Country Gas Prices Tick Up Slightly to $3.62 While State, National Averages Keep Falling
Boone-area gas prices ticked up slightly this week after five consecutive weeks of declines, with the local low for regular…
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Watauga County Bridge Replacement Seeing Steady Progress, NCDOT officials anticipate shifting traffic to first half of new bridge this summer
BOONE – Drivers should prepare to see construction activity on N.C. 105 this week as the first phase of an…
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Lane Closures Extended for Avery County Utility Relocation, Utility line relocation will continue through mid-June
BANNER ELK – Lane closures will continue for approximately two weeks in Avery County while a utility company relocates a…
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Boone-Based Appalachian Rhythm Invited to Clog in America’s 250th Independence Day Parade
Appalachian Rhythm Clogging & Dance — the Boone-founded studio celebrating its 20th anniversary this summer — has been invited to…
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Boone Council to Hold ~12 Hours of Closed-Session Personnel Meetings Monday and Tuesday
The Boone Town Council has scheduled roughly 12 hours of closed-session meetings Monday and Tuesday to consider "the qualifications and…
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Stein Asks Congress for More Than $10 Billion More in Western NC Helene Recovery
Governor Josh Stein traveled to Washington this week to press North Carolina's Congressional delegation for more than $10 billion in…
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Watauga County EMS Among Six High Country Recipients in $10M Rural Health Grants
Watauga County EMS is one of six High Country agencies sharing in $10 million in new state funding aimed at…
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Hazardous Weather Outlook Friday June 12, 2026
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA612 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026 NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>044-507-508-131015-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-612 AM EDT…
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Drought Monitor Update — Thursday June 11, 2026
Exceptional Drought (D4) has returned to North Carolina after a two-week absence — this time in the Triangle region. Alamance,…
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