 | Church Van Crashes into Toe RiverIt may have been only wet the weather, but a church van skidded down an embankment and overturned into the Toe River in the Riverwalk Park in Newland this morning. The Pisgah Methodist Church of Linville Falls van came to rest on its side near the bridge and the driver
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 | Wintry Weather Closing Schools, AgenciesThe threat of wintry weather caused many schools across the area to end their day early, while other entities looked at how to deal with the weather. The DOT is checking for slick roads in the area. Temperatures in a 24-hour period are dropping from yesterday afternoon’s mid to upper
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 | Going... Going... GONEThe old Scottish Inn found it’s ‘Scottish End’ with the last few bites at the far corner of the building mid-afternoon Wednesday. The demolition left only piles of rubble—sorted by category—now being removed from the property. The milestone in the work came after traffic south-bound on
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 | February Snow, Wind Significant on GrandfatherWinter 2014-15 arrived early—significant snow the first few days of November—then late in the High Country, Grandfather Mountain reporting five new February daily temperature records, reporting their first substantial snow of the season, and winds close to 100 mph. A frigid
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 | Jordan Critical of Governor's Incentive PlanCalling it “Welfare for corporations,” Rep. Jonathan Jordan joined bipartisan opposition to the latest proposal for Gov. Pat McCrory’s ‘N.C. Competes’ plan, seeking to land new jobs for the state with incentives. Jordan is quoted by the Raleigh News & Observer as saying, “Doesn’t it
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 | Drug, Gun Counts; Four ArrestsMonday night, four Lenoir area residents were arrested after the Lenoir Police Department Narcotics Unit and Special Response Team with the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office jointly served a search warrant on the Lenoir Day’s Inn, Room 210, the search of the 206 Blowing Rock
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 | 20 Guns, Drugs Found As Suspect ChargedLast Thursday, the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office, working with the Ashe County Sheriff’s Office and Wilkesboro Police, arrested a suspect on multiple drug and weapons violations. The arrest came after officers executed two search warrants at two different residences located
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 | 'Horn' Break-In Case Yields ArrestIt took just over a day for detectives of the Boone Police Department to make an arrest in the break-in at the Daniel Boone Theater and damage to the structure and vandalism by spray painting. Police report the arrest of Matthew Ryan Goldstein, age 18, of Plantation, FL, charged
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 | Fire Damages Blowing Rock Area HomeA man woke to the sound of a smoke alarm late yesterday afternoon and escaped a fire which heavily damaged his Blowing Rock area home. Just before 5, the man found fire coming from an area around the clothes dryer, a machine fire officials say he just started before his nap.
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 | Some WCS Spring Break Stolen by SnowExtending the school year by 11 days, school on a Saturday, and the conversion of a teacher workday to a day of instruction have not been enough to keep spring break fully intact for the Watauga County Schools. School officials have announced that the first two days of spring break–
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 | Horn in the West Theater Damaged by VandalsOn Saturday, February 28th, Boone Police received a report of a breaking and entering to the Horn In the West property off Horn in the West Drive and vandalism done to the property. The perpetrators used spray paint to vandalize the property resulting in approximately $3000 in damage,
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 | Car Wash Coin Machine TargetedHigh Country Crime Stoppers and Boone Police seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: On Saturday, February 28, 2015, Boone Police received a report that the coin machine at Bubbles Car Wash, located at 2890 Hwy 105 in Boone, was broken into and coins were stolen.
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 | Wrecks in Avery Early Morning Icy Travel It must be March-the strange and sometimes dangerous weather season. The first day of March saw the High Country almost skirting yesterday’s round of wintry precipitation, with only the far most eastern edge of the mountain seeing some freezing rain. That played a role
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 | Watauga Man Charged in Caldwell Drug CaseA Watauga County man was arrested by Caldwell authorities on drug counts late last week. 39-year-old Marvin William Glenn of Will Glenn Road in Sugar Grove was arrested Thursday by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Officers. According to the Caldwell Sheriff’s Office release.
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 | App State Spring Practice Report Appalachian State University football held its final full scrimmage of the 2015 spring practice season on Saturday morning in the Sofield Family Indoor Practice Facility. Saturday’s spirited scrimmage included 22 series and 104 plays. Starting every possession in plus territory due to the abbreviated playing surface inside the
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 | Former Employee One of Two Charged in BurglaryThe Boone Police Department has made two arrests in connection with a February 15th break-in and larceny of cash from Night Secrets at 1126 Blowing Rock Road. Boone Police, arriving as the alarm sounded, discovered the alarm was the
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 | Gillin Named Appalachian's AD Following a national search, Chancellor Sheri N. Everts has named Douglas Gillin director of athletics at Appalachian State University. He will begin his new duties April 6.
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 | Dramatic Changes on Blowing Rock RoadThe changes are starting to be dramatic—buildings that have stood for decades along Blowing Rock Road and lining Faculty Street suddenly gone. Yesterday, most of the outlying structures of the former Scottish Inn began finding the same fate as the outer buildings of its neighbor,
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