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Jake and Lauren Harkey named Special Olympics North Carolina Volunteer of the Year Award
A High Country couple has been named 2023 Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) Volunteer of the Year. The award was…
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Communicable Disease Update for Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga – Monday, September 8, 2023
In order to provide the community with education and awareness surrounding the state of communicable diseases in Alleghany, Ashe &…
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Watauga Virtual Academy now enrolling grades 4-8 for 2023-24 school year
The Watauga Virtual Academy is now enrolling students in grades 4-8 for the 2023-24 school year! Our amazing staff offers…
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Girl Scouts recruitment events to take place in the next week
HICKORY — Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont is currently forming troops and recruiting new leaders for the new troop…
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Special Weather Statement for Watauga – Tuesday September 12, 2023
NCZ018-122230-Watauga NC-556 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 …A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACTWATAUGA COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT… At 555…
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Special Weather Statement for Avery County, NC – Tuesday September 12, 2023
NCZ033-122230-Avery NC-553 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 …A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN AVERY COUNTY THROUGH630 PM EDT… At…
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Flood Advisory for Watauga, Ashe &, Wilkes – Tuesday September 12, 2023
NCC009-189-193-122330-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0112.230912T2028Z-230912T2330Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe NC-Watauga NC-Wilkes NC-428 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT THIS EVENING……
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Fall Litter Sweep & “Boone Clean-Up Day” September 16, 2023
All citizens are invited and encouraged to take part in this town-wide clean up by volunteering to clean around their…
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Caldwell Sheriff’s Office seeking identity of man in Blackberry community larceny
Caldwell County Sheriff's Office detectives are looking for the identity of the male pictured below in reference to a larceny…
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21,253 Mountaineers enroll at App State for fall 2023 — largest enrollment in school history
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University has welcomed 21,253 Mountaineer students for fall 2023 — a historic enrollment for the…
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