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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Saturday, December 16, 2023
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA558 AM EST Sat Dec 16 2023 NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042>044-507-171100-Ashe-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Grayson-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-558 AM EST Sat Dec 16…
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A Collaboration Between Blue Ridge Conservancy and the Watauga Arts Council Brings Art to the Middle Fork Greenway
Blue Ridge Conservancy and the Watauga Arts Council are working to bring public art to the Middle Fork Greenway. This…
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Prescribed burn planned on the Grandfather Ranger District
The U.S. Forest Service is planning a 560 acre prescribed burn on the Grandfather Ranger District in Avery County, near…
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Blue Ridge Parkway announces Blowing Rock sledding hill closure due to unsafe conditions
BLOWING ROCK, NC – Blue Ridge Parkway officials announced today that the area locally known as “Sled Hill,” near milepost 294.5,…
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Tamara Stamey Memorial Fund Inaugral Recipients
WATAUGA — Four WCS educators were recently notified that they were the fortunate recipients of a grant through the Tamara…
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The Billion Dollar Impact of North Carolina’s Mountain Trout Fishing
Each dollar anglers spend to fish for mountain trout in North Carolina returns $1.93 to its economy and results in…
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Communicable Disease Update for Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga – December 2023
In order to provide the community with education and awareness surrounding the state of communicable diseases in Alleghany, Ashe &…
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Grandfather Mountain announces revamped Adopt-an-Animal Program
LINVILLE, N.C. – Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has revamped its Adopt-an-Animal Program,…
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Five WCS Educators Share Plans for Bright Ideas Grants
WATAUGA — Five educators in Watauga County Schools were recently awarded with Bright Ideas grants through Blue Ridge Energy. These…
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Wanted fugitive from Georgia and New Jersey arrested after assault with a weapon in Boone
On Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 9:50 pm, Boone Police Officers and Watauga Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a reported assault…
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