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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Tuesday February 21, 2023
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 352 AM EST Tue Feb 21 2023 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009>020-022>024-033>035-221000- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst- 352…
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Dr. Bonnie Smith named Watauga County Schools 2023-24 Principal of the Year
BOONE — Valle Crucis School Principal Dr. Bonnie Smith has been named Watauga County Schools 2023-24 Principal of the Year.…
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U.S. Teen Girls Experiencing Increased Sadness and Violence
New CDC report raises urgency to invest in schools as a vital lifeline to help struggling youth Teen girls are…
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Grandfather Mountain announces shift to dynamic pricing for admission tickets
LINVILLE, N.C. – Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has announced that it has…
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Entertainment
Multi-Platinum Entertainer Dierks Bentley To Perform Pre-Race Concert for NASCAR All-Star Race At North Wilkesboro Speedway
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (Feb. 19, 2023) – One of country music’s best-known performers, Dierks Bentley, is set to thrill race…
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Senator & Congressman Jim Broyhill passes
A former local Senator, and later Congressman, James ‘Jim’ Broyhill passed away on Saturday at the age of 95. Senator…
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Man arrested after crashing tractor trailer into eight vehicles Thursday night in Boone
On Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 7:35 pm, Boone Police Department Patrol Officers responded to East King Street for two…
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Brief power outage for parts of the county on Friday morning
A brief power outage occurred in the western end of the county this morning. The outages were due to a…
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Wind Advisory for Watauga County, NC, Ashe County, NC – February 17-18, 2023
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ010>020-022>024-032>035-171715-/O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.230217T1100Z-230218T0900Z/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Including the cities of West Jefferson, Sparta, Boone, Bland,Pearisburg, Wytheville, Radford, Pulaski, Blacksburg,Independence, Whitetop, Troutdale, Volney, Galax, Floyd,New…
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Boone Police investigating flag containing a swastika at Temple of The High Country
Update Friday February 17: On Thursday, February 16, investigators discovered surveillance footage of a white male wearing a black ski…
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