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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Wins Back Funding for Western North Carolina Recovery
RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that AmeriCorps has agreed to release all of the funds that it…
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Tropical Storm Helene Private Road and Bridge Partial Reimbursement Applications Are Now Open
RALEIGH – Beginning this week, western North Carolina residents in Tropical Storm Helene disaster-declared counties will have up to six…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Thursday September 4, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA354 AM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009>013-015-016-WVZ042>044-507-508-050800-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Wilkes-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Grayson-Carroll-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-354 AM EDT Thu…
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Cooking fire damages home on Wildcat Road
At approximately 3:30 on Wednesday, September 3rd a call came in to Watauga County Communications reporting a structure fire at…
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Former Boone Mayor & N.C. House of Representatives member Wade Wilmoth passes
A long-time community leader passed away earlier this week. Wade Wilmoth, age 90, passed on September 2. Perhaps best known…
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Avery County Authorizes $215,000 in FY2025–2026 Opioid Settlement Grants to Support Local Organizations
NEWLAND, N.C. – The Avery County Board of Commissioners has approved the allocation of$215,000 from the county’s national opioid settlement…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Wednesday September 3, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA305 AM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-040715-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-305 AM EDT…
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Fatal collision involving motorized electric bike & deer in Watauga on Tuesday
Boone – On Tuesday, September 2, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a…
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MountainTrue Names Hannah Woodburn as Inaugural Upper New Riverkeeper
Boone, NC — MountainTrue is proud to announce the appointment of Hannah Woodburn as the first Upper New Riverkeeper, a new…
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Hope After Helene: Community Storm Anniversary Full Day of Events
“The opposite of cheap hope is pessimism, but the opposite of deep hope is despair, which leads to passivity. Hope,…
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