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Press Release – Jones House Concert on Nov 9
Good morning, Please see the attached press release concerning an Indoor Concert and workshop at the Jones House featuring Joseph…
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Meet Que, new K-9 Banner Elk Police Dept member
Meet Que, new K-9 Banner Elk Police Dept member. Her first day with Officer Logan was Woolly Worm Festival! K-9…
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Special Weather Statement for Watauga & Ashe – Increased Fire Danger – Wednesday October 22, 2025
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-222300-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Including the cities of West Jefferson, Sparta, Dobson, Danbury,Eden, Yanceyville, Boone, Wilkesboro, Yadkinville, Stuart,Rocky Mount, Bedford, Amherst, Martinsville, Danville,…
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Special Weather Statement for Avery County – Increased Fire Danger – Wednesday October 22, 2025
NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-220700-Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-1256 PM EDT Tue Oct 21 2025 …INCREASED…
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App State Police Officer Cashae Cook earns NC’s highest award for women in law enforcement
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14 has been named Woman of the Year by the North…
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Crews to Finish N.C. 105 Culvert in Watauga County, Lane closure begins Tuesday on N.C. 105 near Poplar Grove Road
BOONE – The N.C. Department of Transportation will close one lane of N.C. 105 to build a concrete endwall for…
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NCDOT to Realign Old Shulls Mill Road at NC 105
Video: Kenneth Reece/WataugaOnline BOONE – An N.C. Department of Transportation contractor has begun a new phase of an intersection realignment…
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Indiana Visitor’s Worm Wins Woolly Worm Festival
An Indiana woman's woolly worm named Billy won the 2025 Woolly Worm Festival championship Saturday, earning $1,000 and the honor…
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Wind Advisory including Watauga & Ashe – Sunday October 19, 2025
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-200300-/O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.251020T0000Z-251020T1100Z/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Including the cities of West Jefferson, Galax, Volney, Troutdale,Sparta, Floyd, Whitetop, Independence, and Boone104 PM EDT Sun Oct 19…
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Fatal plane crash in Avery County on Friday
A fatal plane crash occurred at Avery County Airport on Friday morning around 11:45 a.m. The pilot was identified as…
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