 | Man Gravely Injured After Fall in Remote AveryA man was airlifted to the Johnson City Medical Center after a fall at the Hunt Fish Falls in an extremely remote area near the Avery and Caldwell County lines Saturday, causing a huge rescue effort to try to save him. Avery County dispatchers received the call and sent rescue crews just after 3
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 | Chancellor Peacock Responds to 'No Confidence'ASU Chancellor Ken Peacock has responded to the narrow ‘no confidence’ vote taken by the Faculty Senate at App considering the job done by Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Gonzalez —by a one vote margin. His response includes, “I want to be clear and unequivocal in my response.
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 | Fewer Seek Jobs; Unemployment DropsFinally, in February, unemployment figures for North Carolina—and for the country—began to back off after several months of increases. But an analysis reported by the North Carolina News Network yesterday said that the main reason was some of the unemployed quit filing for compensation—
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 | KAFITZ RESIGNSThe Kafitz era with the Watauga County Schools is soon to be past—but the cost for his short tenure will continue for nearly another year and a half. In a press release late yesterday afternoon from the Watauga Board of Education, it was announced that Dr. David Kafitz and the Watauga County
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 | ASU To Join Sun Belt, FBS in 2014 Appalachian State University Chancellor Dr. Kenneth E. Peacock announced on Wednesday that the University’s athletics programs will join the Sun Belt Conference, effective July 1, 2014. With the move to the Sun Belt, Appalachian State’s highly successful football program will transition to college football’s highest level,
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 | WHS Teacher Takes Aim at State Schools' PathSusan Lawrence, Teacher at Watauga High, asked for a forum for her thoughts on the direction of public education and on a number of state initiatives. Her letter talks about the 'starving' of public schools that she says has been going on for a decade, and specifically points to a number of proposals
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 | Conference Statement Regarding ASU and Georgia Southern Southern Conference Commissioner John Iamarino released the following statement regarding Southern Conference membership: “Today’s announcements by the Sun Belt Conference are no surprise to us. To their credit, the principal administrators at Appalachian State and Georgia Southern
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 | Brake Failure Cited in Town Truck CrashThe State Highway Patrol and the Motor Carrier Division are still investigating the Monday night crash of a Town of Boone truck, working to clear snow and ice, and the SUV of a Boone woman. Her passenger, Reinald Gomez, 57, remains in critical condition today at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
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 | More Missed School Days; School Year ExtendsNow 19 days missed by Watauga County Schools, as Watauga joined Avery and Ashe in closing schools today due to more winter weather. School closings this week are forcing Watauga Schools to cancel two of the Easter week holidays at the end of next week, making them regular school days.
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