 | Child Run Over By Truck in Avery An Avery County two-year old was rushed to Watauga Medical Center, then flown to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after being run over by her father's truck yesterday afternoon. The drama unfolded just after 4 yesterday as Watauga 9-1-1 dispatchers received a frantic call that the child
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 | Electrical Fire Call at US TextilesEvery Avery County fire company was eventually called to the US Textiles plant just before 1 yesterday afternoon after smoke was discovered inside the plant. But first units--even subsequent units--arriving at the scene, could not determine where the smoke and smell of an electrical fire was
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 | Eight Hurt, One Dead in Mitchell CrashAvery County emergency units were called into Mitchell County yesterday afternoon to help with the number of injured as a two-vehicle crash turned into a nightmare. Mitchell authorities say that a total of 8 people were transported from the wreck site on NC 261 near Bakersville, five of those had to be flown
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 | Murder Charges Filed Against Lenoir ManFriday night at 11:49 pm, Lenoir Police received a welfare check for a woman at a residence at 810 Wild Cherry Lane in Lenoir. There, officers found the woman, 38-year old Tammy Lynn Benge, deceased and have arrested and charged Michael Joseph Whisnant, 36, of that address with First Degree Murder for the death.
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 | Mayor Responds to County on old WHSBoone Mayor Loretta Clawson responded to Watauga Commission chair Nathan Miller's agreement to meet with town officials over the ongoing disagreement between the town and county over the old Watauga High property, affected by the town's new 'Affordable Housing' standards. In her release Friday afternoon,
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 | Watauga Man Faces Drug ChargesTuesday, Narcotics Detectives from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division arrested Michael Ray Rash, 27, of 2114 Longhope Road, Boone, on charges of Possession With Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Possession of Schedule I Psilocybin Mushrooms,
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 | Layer of Sleet Leads to Rash of WrecksListening to emergency dispatch during the day Thursday, it was easy to tell where the rain turned to a layer of sleet, then snow as hit the area mid-morning, causing schools to dismiss early and causing a rash of wrecks across the area—some with injuries. The most serious injuries were reported
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 | Miller Responds for the County to Town of BooneWatauga County Commission Chairman Nathan Miller, named in the letter being sent by the Town of Boone in garnering support for the town’s position for mediation with the county over the old Watauga High property and the county’s response by adjusting sales tax, responded himself with a letter
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 | Two Hurt in 3 Vehicle Crash on 105 BypassTwo people were transported to Watauga Medical Center after a three-vehicle crash late yesterday afternoon on the NC 105 bypass. The 5:30pm collision involved two smaller sedans and a Ford SUV, with the sedans landing on opposite sides of the highway, the SUV in the middle of the road.
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| Boone Calls for Mediation Over Tax ThreatThe Town of Boone, in a letter to the press today, is formally requesting mediation with the Watauga County Commissioners, that as the threat of changing the distribution of state sales tax on the part of the County Commission appears to have hit home for the town. The Town of Boone release,
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