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Sports
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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Entertainment
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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Alerts
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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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Friday May 30, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA415 AM EDT Fri May 30 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-310815-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-415 AM EDT…
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Town of Boone Police Chief Announcement: Daniel Duckworth Has Been Chosen to be the Next Police Chief of the Boone Police Department
Town of Boone, North Carolina—During the May 28, 2025, Boone Town Council meeting, theCouncil announced that Daniel Duckworth has been…
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WATAUGA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RELEASES APRIL 2025 BUSINESS SNAPSHOT REPORT
BOONE, NC – In an ongoing effort to track real-time conditions for local businesses as recovery from the impacts of Hurricane…
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BOONE AREA AND BLOWING ROCK CHAMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WNC OPEN FOR BUSINESS WEEK
BOONE, NC – To kick off the summer tourism season and generate visitor traffic, the Western North Carolina Chamber Business Coalition…
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