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Caldwell County Human Trafficking Arrest
(CALDWELL COUNTY, NC) – The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has announced the arrest of David Kevin Hamilton…
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Final native plant sale of 2025 for the Blue Ridge Chapter of the NC Native Plant Society will be Saturday June 21
The second, and final, native plant sale of 2025 for the Blue RidgeChapter of the NC Native Plant Society will…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Wednesday June 18, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA736 AM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-191145-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-736 AM EDT…
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Special Weather Statement for Watauga & Ashe – Tuesday June 17, 2025
NCZ001-018-172330-Ashe NC-Watauga NC-706 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025 …A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WATAUGA ANDSOUTHWESTERN ASHE COUNTIES THROUGH…
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Flood Advisory for Watauga & Ashe – Tuesday June 17, 2025
NCC009-189-180030-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0078.250617T2119Z-250618T0030Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe NC-Watauga NC-519 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT THIS EVENING… *…
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes – Tuesday June 17, 2025
NCC009-189-193-172100-/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0090.250617T1955Z-250617T2100Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDSevere Thunderstorm WarningNational Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA355 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025 The National…
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Watauga County Road Open to Local Traffic Only for Improvements, Payne Branch Road to become two-lane road in spring 2027
BLOWING ROCK – Only local traffic should use Payne Branch Road in Blowing Rock while an N.C. Department of Transportation…
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Meadowview Drive Closed from Ivy Drive to Greenway Road/Leola Street Intersection for the Installation of a New Water Line
Meadowview Drive, from Ivy Drive to the Greenway Road/Leola Street intersection, will be closed for most of the day today,…
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Flood Watch including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Tuesday June 17, 2025
NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>045-WVZ042>044-507-508-171915-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0012.250617T1500Z-250618T0200Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-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-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-WesternGreenbrier-Including the cities of Hix, Flat Top, Pearisburg, Alderson,Lewisburg, Marion, Danbury, Tazewell, Rainelle, Sparta, NewCastle, Pulaski, Hot…
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Fatal accident on NC 268 in Wilkes County – Sunday June 15, 2025
NORTH WILKESBORO – On Sunday, June 15, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated…
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