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WATAUGA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RELEASES JANUARY 2025 BUSINESS SNAPSHOT REPORT
BOONE, NC – In an ongoing effort to track real-time conditions for local businesses as recovery from the impacts of…
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Governor Stein Provides Update on Winter Weather, Urges Caution on Treacherous Roads
Today, Governor Josh Stein and the State Emergency Response Team are providing further updates on the state of winter weather,…
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WAMY COMMUNITY ACTION SEEKS COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY
[Boone, NC] — WAMY Community Action is inviting residents of Watauga, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey counties to share their voice…
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Dates Announced for 27 Counties andN.C. Business Court to Expand Access to Justice
RALEIGH — Dates were announced this week for the final two groups of counties and the North Carolina Business Court…
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Flu Cases on the Rise in the High Country
Boone, NC February 20, 2025—Flu (influenza) cases are rising in the High Country as flu spreads widely across the state…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook, including Watauga & Ashe for Thursday February 20, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA316 AM EST Thu Feb 20 2025 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009>020-WVZ044-507-210830-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-316 AM EST Thu…
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Governor Stein Invites Public Input on Housing Recovery Plan for Western North Carolina
Today, Governor Josh Stein invites North Carolinians to participate in the development of an Action Plan to address unmet housing…
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Concord man charged with felony larceny after stealing construction equipment in Avery County
On Friday, February 14, 2025, Noah Daniel Garrett, 27, of Concord, was arrested in Catawba County on an Avery County…
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Cold Weather Advisory including Watauga & Ashe – February 20-21, 2025
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-200715-/O.NEW.KRNK.CW.Y.0013.250220T1300Z-250221T1500Z/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-Including the cities of Flat Top, Rainelle, Whitetop, Floyd,Radford, Marion, Hix, Pearisburg, New Castle, Volney, Sparta,Blacksburg,…
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Cold Weather Advisory for Avery County – February 20-21, 2025
NCZ033-200400-/O.NEW.KGSP.CW.Y.0005.250220T1200Z-250221T1500Z/Avery-Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, and Ingalls217 PM EST Wed Feb 19 2025 …COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT…
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