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Blue Ridge Parkway offers road project reminders for the 2025 visitor season
PARKWAY-WIDE, NC/VA – As the summer season gets into full swing, National Park Service officials remind Blue Ridge Parkway visitors…
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Charlotte teenager rescued after rattlesnake bite in Avery County
A 17-year-old from Charlotte was rescued from the Pisgah National Forest after a timber rattlesnake bit him. The incident occurred…
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Commissioner Causey warns of new phone scam originating from North Carolina jails
RALEIGH North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is alerting North Carolinians to be on the lookout for a new phone…
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Commissioner Causey settles automobile insurance rate case, avoids costly hearing
RALEIGH Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced a settlement with the N.C. Rate Bureau on automobile insurance rates. The settlement…
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Flood Advisory including Watauga & Wilkes – Monday & Tuesday, June 9-10 2025
NCC005-171-189-193-100545-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0055.250609T2351Z-250610T0545Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Alleghany NC NC-Surry NC-Watauga NC-Wilkes NC-751 PM EDT Mon Jun 9 2025 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT…
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CCC&TI Watauga Campus Expansion Increasing Training Opportunities for High Country Students
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute nearing completion of an expansion to the Occupational Training Facility on the Watauga Campus…
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Ashe Sheriff’s Office seeking missing person: Heather Smith
Update 06/09 2:45 pm She has been found safely. Jefferson, N.C. – The Ashe County Sheriff's Office is asking for…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Monday June 9, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA444 AM EDT Mon Jun 9 2025 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>015-018>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-100845-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-444 AM EDT…
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Upcoming Schedule for N.C. 105: June 9-13, 2025
Work scheduled to take place this week at the 105 bridge project. The schedule is Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 11…
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App State Update from Chancellor Dr. Heather Norris — Friday, June 6, 2025
Friday, June 6, 2025 Summer Orientation is underway at Appalachian State University, and whether students and their families are visiting…
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