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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Monday June 23, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA343 PM EDT Mon Jun 23 2025 NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-032-WVZ042>044-507-508-241945-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Patrick-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-343 PM EDT…
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Mr. Woolly Worm, long-serving Lees McRae employee and fixture of Avery County, Roy Krege passes
An Avery County man known as both Mr. Woolly Worm and “Pop” of Newland passed away last week. Roy Krege,…
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North Carolina is drought-free for the first time since October 2024
North Carolina is drought-free in the latest advisory issued Thursday by the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC), marking…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Sunday June 22, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA218 AM EDT Sun Jun 22 2025 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-231200-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Wilkes-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-218 AM EDT…
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Flood Advisory for Watauga – Saturday June 21, 2025
NCC189-212145-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0083.250621T1832Z-250621T2145Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Watauga NC-232 PM EDT Sat Jun 21 2025 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON… WHAT…Flooding caused…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Saturday June 21, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA234 AM EDT Sat Jun 21 2025 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-220645-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Wilkes-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-234 AM EDT…
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Poison Hemlock in the High Country…What to Know
Over the last several weeks, Watauga Cooperative Extension has received a number of calls from concerned citizens and farmers with…
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North Carolina Community College System Celebrates Innovation Award for Wilkes’ Ashe Campus and GE Aerospace Partnership
RALEIGH, N.C. – June 17, 2025 – The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is proud to congratulate Wilkes Community College’s (WCC) Ashe…
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Wilkesboro Police Department and NC ALE Seize Illegal Substances in Joint Operation
Wilkesboro, NC — On May 9, 2025, the Wilkesboro Police Department, incollaboration with agents from North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement…
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App State Update from Chancellor Dr. Heather Norris — Friday, June 20, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025 With today’s sunshine also comes an annual celebration of some of App State’s legendary athletics alumni…
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