Last Updated on May 6, 2024 7:56 pm The Town of Boone is participating in “No Mow May 2024”. During the April 10th, 2024 Boone Town Council meeting, the Council passed the “No Mow May” resolution. In the resolution, property owners are encouraged not to mow their properties to promote habitat growth for the bee …

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Last Updated on May 6, 2024 2:32 pm Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will cross southeast West Virginia, southwest Virginia, and northwest North Carolina this afternoon and evening. Some thunderstorms will produce very heavy rainfall. NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-016-WVZ042-070400-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0005.240506T1828Z-240507T0400Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Wythe-Grayson-Carroll-Mercer-Including the cities of Yadkinville, Galax, Boone, Sparta,Dobson, Tazewell, Bland, Independence, Bluefield, Flat Top, WestJefferson, Wytheville, Wilkesboro, Whitetop, …

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Last Updated on May 6, 2024 12:33 pm NCC009-061930-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0015.240506T1629Z-240506T1930Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe NC-1229 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE…A portion of northwest North Carolina, including thefollowing county, Ashe. * WHEN…Until 330 PM EDT. * IMPACTS…Minor flooding in low-lying …

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Last Updated on May 6, 2024 7:49 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA617 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-071030-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-617 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast …

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Last Updated on May 5, 2024 1:40 pm BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University will recognize spring 2024 graduates during commencement ceremonies on Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11. Ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. each day in the George M. Holmes Convocation Center on App State’s Boone …

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Last Updated on May 3, 2024 7:27 pm A bridge dedication was held Friday morning in honor of fallen Watauga County Sergeant Christopher D. Ward. A ceremony took place at the bridge, located in Sugar Grove, on Highway 321 which crosses over the Watauga River. Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were killed during a …

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Last Updated on May 1, 2024 4:07 pm BANNER ELK – A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation will perform nighttime closures of N.C. 105 between Broadstone Road and Old Danner Road Thursday evening. Beginning at 7 p.m., crews from Wright Brothers Construction Company Inc. will stop traffic intermittently for no more than 15 minutes …

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Last Updated on May 1, 2024 2:03 pm NC/VA – The National Park Service is implementing an increase for camping and other associated fees on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Rate changes include frontcountry and backcountry camping site fees, as well as non-camper user fees for shower and dump station services.  The new fee schedule is outlined …

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