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Highway Patrol Can Track 911 Callers and Troopers After Statewide Communications Upgrade
RALEIGH The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) can now immediately track your call with GPS and pinpoint the nearest…
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Watauga High men’s varsity basketball team advances to 2nd round of state playoffs
FINAL from Boone in the 1st round of the men’s state playoffs – Watauga 73 Reagan 64 Pioneers will host…
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Watauga High women’s varsity basketball team advances to 2nd round of state playoffs
FINAL from Boone in the 1st round of the women’s state playoffs – Watauga 76 South Iredell 34. Pioneers will…
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Wind Advisory for Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes – Wednesday February 28, 2024
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGENational Weather Service Blacksburg VA1024 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2024 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ015>017-022>024-032>035-WVZ508-290300-/O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.240228T1800Z-240229T0600Z/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Western Greenbrier-Including the cities of…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA338 AM EST Tue Feb 27 2024 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-280845-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-338 AM EST…
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Town of Beech Mountain beginning infrastructure projects, travel delays & service disruptions could occur
Beginning Monday, February 26th, 2024: Drivers planning to travel on Tamarack Road to the Charter Hills Road intersection should prepare…
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Boone Police to begin working on parking regulations in parks and recreation parking lots & others
The Boone Police Department will begin working on parking regulations that have become a problem in parts of the town.…
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Keith Werner named chief information officer at App State
BOONE, N.C. — Keith Werner has been named chief information officer at Appalachian State University, effective March 18. Werner currently…
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325.5 million visits to national parks in 2023, 16.7 million visits to the Blue Ridge Parkway
NC/VA—This week, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023,…
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App State partners with Mebane Charitable Foundation to improve literacy in the High Country and Catawba Valley
BOONE, N.C. — The Mebane Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to Appalachian State University to fund the expansion of reading…
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