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NCDOT Crews to Replace Helene-Damaged Pipe in Ashe County, part of N.C. 194 to close for overight operation
LANSING – A short stretch of N.C. 194 will close in Ashe County while N.C. Department of Transportation crews replace…
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COMMUNITY UPDATE – Toe River Health District Conducting TB Investigation in Avery County
August 1, 2025 Newland, N.C. – Last week, the Toe River Health District was notified of an individual with possible…
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App State Update from Chancellor Dr. Heather Norris — Friday, August 1, 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025 Can you believe today is the first day of August? There are only 17 days until the…
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Flood Watch including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Friday August 1, 2025
NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>017-022-032>034-043-020045-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0022.250801T1700Z-250802T0400Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Henry-Including the cities of Boone, Bland, Roanoke, Stuart, Bedford,Wytheville, Blacksburg, Pulaski, Pearisburg, Dobson, Whitetop,Galax, Volney, Floyd, Martinsville, Independence, Rocky…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Friday August 1, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA553 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ015>017-032-043-021000-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Patrick-Henry-553 AM EDT Fri Aug 1…
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Local resident warning of problem bears
Local resident JD Presnell is warning of problem bears. He tells WataugaOnline that it's a regular occurrence now on Beech…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Thursday July 31, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA602 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ015-016-032-011015-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll-Patrick-602 AM EDT Thu Jul 31…
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Flood Advisory for Watauga & Ashe – Wednesday July 30, 2025
NCC009-189-310200-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0167.250730T2248Z-250731T0200Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe NC-Watauga NC-648 PM EDT Wed Jul 30 2025 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING… WHAT…Flooding…
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Fatal Fall Reported on Glen Burney Trail
BLOWING ROCK, NC – On the morning of Wednesday, July 30, 2025, Mr. Barry Herbert Dubner of Parkland, Florida, tragically…
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Johnson Receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Doug Johnson, retired chief executive officer of Blue Ridge Energy, was recently presented with North Carolina’s highest civilian honor, the…
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