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Prescribed burn planned on the Grandfather Ranger District to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health
Nebo, NC, April 10, 2023 — The U.S. Forest Service is planning a 4196-acre prescribed burn on the Grandfather Ranger District…
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Local woman named one of five recipients of the Christmas SPIRIT Award by the Christmas Spirit Foundation
A local woman has been named as one of five recipients of the Christmas SPIRIT Award. Jennifer Greene, a Watauga…
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NCDHHS Urges North Carolinians to “Fight the Bite” with Insect Repellant and Other Prevention Tools to Avoid Tick- and Mosquito-Borne Disease
With warmer weather on the way, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services urges North Carolinians to “Fight…
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NCDHHS Announces COVID-19 Dashboard and Other Changes for COVID-19 Response
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard and state-funded testing sites…
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F3T Fly Fishing Film Tour to round out High Country Adventure Film and Speaker Series
BANNER ELK, N.C.─ The sixth and final installment of the 2022−23 High Country Adventure Film and Speaker Series will be…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Thursday April 6, 2023
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 438 AM EDT Thu Apr 6 2023 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009>012-015-018>020-WVZ042>044-507-508- 070845- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Wilkes-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe- Grayson-Craig-Alleghany…
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New Market Centre Construction and Traffic Notice
UPDATE 12:38pm – The entryway to New Marker Centre from New Market Boulevard has now been moved to Thursday, April…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Wednesday April 5, 2023
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 249 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>017-032-033-043>047-058-059-061900- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes- Yadkin-Smyth-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Patrick- Franklin-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-…
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REPEAT SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Brian Wittke, 51, a previously convicted sex offender who shared child pornography online and produced child pornography…
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Watauga County is Requesting Proposals to Address the Opioid Epidemic
[BOONE, NC] – Watauga County is pleased to announce a funding opportunity aimed to reduce overdose deaths, emergency department visits for overdose,…
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