 | Flooding Consequences ContinueThere are still consequences to the weekend deluge that spilled over into Monday morning. The N.C. Department of Transportation has closed a section of N.C. 90 in Collettsville, north of Lenoir, to repair a slope next to the highway damaged due to the storm. The repairs began at 8 a.m. yesterday,
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 | Boone Men Charged in Avery Trailer TheftThe Avery County Sheriff’s Office and Boone Police recovered a trailer stolen from Avery April 22nd at a location off NC 105. Avery received a report about the theft of a utility trailer from a Hwy 181location in Pineola. The victim of the theft had digital video of a suspect vehicle used in the theft.
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 | Drug Sales Near Day Care Yields ArrestLast Wednesday at 6:55 pm, Lenoir Narcotics Detectives arrested Gerrod Barnes aka “Hot Rod” for the listed drug violations. After several weeks of investigation the following items were seized from Barnes. Crack cocaine weighing 2.6 grams, $899 dollars in US currency, digital scales and other paraphernalia.
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 | UPDATE: Flooding, Evacuations, Roads ClosedIt has been that dark and stormy night you’ve read about, with a storm that has trekked across the country, dragging havoc with it, hitting our area all day Sunday—and especially in the overnight hours. Sections of many roads are closed, some due to high water, others due to trees down,
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 | ASU Softball Claims First SoCon TitleAppalachian State University clinched the program’s first regular season Southern Conference Championship on Saturday afternoon after defeating Georgia Southern 2-0 in game one of the three-game series. The game one win at Eagle Stadium was all the Apps needed to earn the regular season championship.
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 | Flooding Possible Sunday with Slow SystemThe National Weather Service Friday issued a briefing to emergency management in a wide area of western North Carolina, much of eastern Tennessee, western Virginia and West Virginia, warning of the potential for flooding. A double low pressure system is moving slowly toward the area,
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 | Farmers Markets Opening for SeasonWith May now underway, it’s time to think of changing our diets to our summer mode—with a weekly trip to the area farmers markets. The Ashe market got a jump on the area, opening last Saturday in West Jefferson, but tomorrow, the Watauga market opens at the Horn in the West parking lot.
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 | Operation Medicine Cabinet SaturdaySaturday, May 4th, in Watauga and Avery Counties. Operation Medicine Cabinet is a prescription drug take back program designed to get outdated and unused prescription drugs properly disposed of. The take back program, a cooperative effort between local water conservation groups and local
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 | Walgreens Rejected for King StreetIt appears that no new Walgreens Drug Store will be constructed near downtown Boone in the near future, that after a full house public hearing last night at the Boone Town Council chambers. In a four-hour hearing of the Boone Board of Adjustments, a unanimous vote turned down the proposal
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 | Unemployment Falls in Region, Across StateUnemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in March and remained the same in one. Rates in Ashe and Avery stayed in the double-digit range, with Ashe dropping nearly a point--.9%--now at 12.1% while Avery dropped .3% matching their figure
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