Last Updated on August 15, 2025 6:28 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA348 AM EDT Fri Aug 15 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-160800-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-348 AM EDT Fri Aug 15 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE…Today and …

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Last Updated on August 14, 2025 2:21 pm Caldwell County Sheriff Kevin H. Bean announced on August 12, 2025, Narcotic Agents with the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office I.C.E Unit and Watauga County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Watauga County residents after the vehicle they were operating was found to contain Fentanyl. Latosha Nicole Townsend, age 31, …

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Last Updated on August 14, 2025 1:54 pm Nancy Howell of Jefferson tried her luck in a second-chance drawing and won a $100,000 prize. Howell won her prize in the second of four $8 Million Money Maker Second Chance drawings. There were 979,465 total entries in the drawing. She arrived at lottery headquarters Wednesday to …

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Last Updated on August 14, 2025 1:08 pm August 14, 2025 – The North Carolina Community Foundation has awarded scholarships to 110 students from 24 western North Carolina counties through its Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarship. The scholarship provides support for students whose ability to pay for college was adversely impacted by Hurricane Helene. In …

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Last Updated on August 14, 2025 6:48 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA226 AM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ015>017-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-150630-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-226 AM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE…Today and tonight. …

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Last Updated on August 13, 2025 11:41 am EUGENE, Ore.— An Albany, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for sexually abusing a toddler on at least five separate occasions and sharing videos of the abuse online. Kevin Walter Taylor, 35, was sentenced to 504 months in federal prison and a life term of …

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Last Updated on August 13, 2025 10:35 am On Friday, August 8, AppHealthCare (AHC) unveiled the new mobile health bus at its Watauga County location. The mobile health services aim to increase access and deliver high-quality, compassionate healthcare in the most rural parts of the AHC-served communities. Access to care was identified by the community …

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Last Updated on August 13, 2025 10:05 am NEWLAND, N.C., Aug. 12, 2025 – The USDA Forest Service will begin work to repair damage caused by Hurricane Helene on the western side of Linville Gorge in the Grandfather Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest starting Monday, Aug.11, 2025. To ensure public safety and allow …

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