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Watauga Humane Society Unleashes Inaugural Pawpalooza Festival on Saturday July 26
BOONE, NC — Get ready to paws and celebrate! Watauga Humane Society is thrilled to announce its first-ever Pawpalooza, a pet-focused festival taking place…
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Culvert Replacement Coming to Browns Chapel Road in Watauga
BOONE – Part of a Watauga County road will close for one week while N.C. Department of Transportation crews replace a…
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Completion of road project opens 12-mile corridor on the Blue Ridge Parkway between Blowing Rock and Linville Falls, North Carolina
BLOWING ROCK, NC – On Monday, July 21, 2025, Blue Ridge Parkway officials opened a section of the 469-mile historic…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Monday July 21, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA243 AM EDT Mon Jul 21 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-220645-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-243 AM EDT…
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Back-To-School events for 2025-26 year to take place in Watauga, Ashe and Avery
Several back-to-school events are scheduled to take place in our local school systems over the coming weeks and days. In…
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Boone Police & Blowing Rock Police welcome new officers
The Boone Police Department welcomes new Officer Taylor Marsh. Officer Marsh is from Wilkes County, where he still helps with…
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Watauga Board of Education honors staff members credited with saving a life & Dustin Kerley named Dave Harrison Athletic Director of the Year
A special and emotional presentation of the Servant’s Heart Award occurred at the July 14 BOE meeting. This is the…
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Upcoming Schedule for N.C. 105: July 21-25, 2025
The schedule is Wednesday & Thursday, 11 am to 2 pm. Crews may have NC 105 closed briefly while clearing…
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Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes among counties to launch eCourts on Monday
RALEIGH — Transformative digital court services will come online in fourteen counties across several North Carolina regions on Monday. This…
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App State Update from Chancellor Dr. Heather Norris — Friday, July 18, 2025
Friday, July 18, 2025 With summer in full swing, we are also only a month away from the first day…
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