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Grandview Restaurant in Foscoe closing
Another longtime High Country restaurant staple is closing. Grandview Restaurant in Foscoe made the announcement on Saturday. The full statement…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Sunday June 8, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA421 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 2025 NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-032-WVZ042-090830-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Wythe-Pulaski-Grayson-Carroll-Patrick-Mercer-421 AM EDT Sun Jun 8…
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Last drop-offs & pickups at now former Valle Crucis School – June 6 2025
The last day of school for Watauga County Schools on Friday also marked the last day of drop-offs and pickups…
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Chimney Rock State Park to Reopen June 27
The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and N.C. State Parks announced today that Chimney Rock State Park and…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Saturday June 7, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA545 AM EDT Sat Jun 7 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-080945-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-545 AM EDT…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Friday June 6, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA344 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ015-016-032-043-044-058-059-070745-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll-Patrick-Henry-Pittsylvania-Halifax-Charlotte-344 AM EDT Fri Jun 6…
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ADMINISTRATOR OF ONLINE CHATROOM DEDICATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL IS SENTENCED TO 15+ YEARS IN PRISON
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A previously convicted sex offender who served as the administrator of anonline chatroom dedicated to sharing child…
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20 App State ROTC cadets commissioned to serve as Army second lieutenants
BOONE, N.C. — Twenty cadets in Appalachian State University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, the Mountaineer Battalion, have marked a…
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Grandfather Mountain’s annual Animal Birthday Party to be held June 11
LINVILLE, N.C. – Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, will throw its annual…
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Thomas Manning Wins CCC&TI 2025 Academic Excellence Award
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute recently announced that Watauga County resident and current student Thomas Manning has received CCC&TI’s…
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