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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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TOURISM GENERATED $656 IN 2024 TAX SAVINGS PER WATAUGA COUNTY RESIDENT
BOONE, NC (August 28, 2025) – Domestic and international visitors to Watauga County spent$515.85 million in 2024, according to an…
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Charlie Brady Honored with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Blue Ridge Conservancy congratulates Charlie Brady, outgoing Executive Director, who was recently awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine…
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