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Angel Elderkin Steps Down as App State Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Last Updated on March 18, 2024 6:38 pm BOONE, N.C. – Angel Elderkin has resigned as App State’s head women’s basketball coach due to personal reasons, Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced Monday. “I want to thank Angel for everything she has done for App State and our women’s basketball program over her 10 seasons as …

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WHS Seniors Receive Lenoir-Rhyne Presidential Scholarship

Last Updated on March 18, 2024 3:39 pm A special ceremony took place at Watauga High School the morning of Thursday, March 7 at Watauga High School to celebrate seniors Anna McGuire and Keowen “Keo” Arguello. Both students were selected to receive Lenoir-Rhyne University’s most prestigious scholarship, the Presidential Scholarship.  Out of approximately 135 applications …

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Educator workshops return to Grandfather Mountain in 2024

Last Updated on March 18, 2024 3:10 pm LINVILLE, N.C. – Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is excited to announce its lineup of four educator workshops, free to attendees, for the 2024 season. These workshops, provided specifically to environmental educators in various professions, offer opportunities for career …

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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Monday, March 18, 2024

Last Updated on March 18, 2024 8:25 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA359 AM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-190800-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-359 AM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina andsouthwest Virginia. .DAY ONE…Today and tonight. West-northwest winds are likely to gust to 45 mph across the …

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Special Weather Statement for Avery County – Increased Fire Danger Monday, March 18, 2024

Last Updated on March 18, 2024 8:18 am NCZ033-035-048>050-053-064-065-068-501>510-190000-Avery-Alexander-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Buncombe-Transylvania-Henderson-Cleveland-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-609 AM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 …INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGHTHIS EVENING… In coordination with local land managers yesterday evening, aFire Danger Statement was issued for North Carolina countiesalong the Blue …

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Caldwell County man predicts a big win then uncovers $500,000 prize

James Brown of Lenoir recently told a store clerk he felt a big win coming and weeks later a $10 scratch-off produced a $500,000 prize. “I told her, ‘One of these days I’m going to win that big prize,’” Brown recalled. “Two weeks later I did.” Brown bought his lucky $10 Double Diamond Cashword ticket …

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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook for Sunday, March 17, 2024

Last Updated on March 17, 2024 4:42 pm Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA222 PM EDT Sun Mar 17 2024 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-181830-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-222 PM EDT Sun Mar 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina andsouthwest Virginia. .DAY ONE…This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO …

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Research Underway on an Elusive Mountain Rabbit that may be Impacted by a Deadly Disease

Last Updated on March 17, 2024 2:49 pm It’s rare to spot an Appalachian cottontail rabbit in the wild. They live in the high elevations and steep topography of the western North Carolina mountains and are easily confused with their slightly larger close cousin, the Eastern cottontail rabbit. They’re also: listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife …

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