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Blue Scholarship Awarded to Genevieve Li Jing Waugh
Genevieve “Gigi” Li Jing Waugh, a Watauga High School student, was awarded the John and Ruth Blue Scholarship. She is…
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USDA Forest Service opens 8 miles of new trails, new parking in Old Fort
OLD FORT, N.C., May 30, 2025 – The USDA Forest Service’s Grandfather Ranger District and its partners in McDowell County…
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Entertainment
Beppe Gambetta and Clay Lunsford with Matthew Weaver to Open 2025 Summer Concert Series at the Jones House
BOONE, NC – The Town of Boone is proud to kick off the 2025 Summer Concerts at the Jones House…
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Sports
Kickoff Times, TV Designations Announced for Start of App State Football’s 2025 Season
BOONE, N.C. — With a clearer picture of how the opening month of the 2025 season will look, highlighted by two…
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App State Will Hold 2025 FanFest, Women in Motion Events on Aug. 16
BOONE, N.C. – App State will kick off the 2025 fall athletics season with an exciting day for fans and supporters…
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Amos Lee Kicks off the 41st Season of An Appalachian Summer
BOONE, NC — Appalachian State University’s annual multi-disciplinary summer arts celebration, An Appalachian Summer, opens its 41st season with Amos…
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W.A.M.Y. Community Action’s Denim & Diamonds 2025 Event Shines Bright, Raising $119,000 to Support High Country Families
On May 22, the High Country community gathered at The White Crow Farm in Banner Elk for WAMY Community Action’s…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Sunday June 1, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA344 AM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-020745-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-344 AM EDT Sun Jun 1…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Saturday May 31, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA424 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>013-015>017-032-043-047-058-059-WVZ042-010830-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Patrick-Henry-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-424 AM EDT Sat May 31…
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Tornado Watch including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes – Friday May 30, 2025
UPDATE – TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED AS OF 4:24PM NCC005-009-033-157-169-171-189-193-197-VAC005-009-011-017-019-021-023-029-031-035-037-045-063-067-071-077-083-089-121-141-143-155-161-163-173-185-197-530-580-590-640-678-680-690-750-770-775-WVC025-055-063-089-310000-/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.A.0348.250530T1739Z-250531T0000Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 348 INEFFECT UNTIL…
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