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Listen to High Country Radio News from Friday January 24.
Tuesday morning, residents were evacuated from the Cranberry House in Avery County due to flooding.
The new Watauga County Community Recreation Center is expected to be completed by May 1.
Read more: Watauga Community Rec Center Could Be Completed By May 1
Since the completion of Main Street and Sunset Drive improvements in Blowing Rock, Valley Boulevard is next for consideration.
Blowing Rock WinterFest officially gets underway Thursday in Blowing Rock.
There was a wide-spread power outage that affected most if not all of Avery county Thursday morning.
Read more: Power Outage In Avery Resulted In Early Dismissal Of Schools
In December, Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina closed on 17 acres of bog land in Jonas Ridge, bordering the Pisgah Loop Scenic Highway.
Ashe County commissioners joined a number of other towns and counties across the state by voting to affirm a resolution declaring Ashe County as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”
Read more: Ashe Commissioners Adopt "2nd Amendment Sanctuary" Resolution
Watauga County Schools Superintendent Scott Elliot was recently interviewed on WATA radio and spoke about the progress of the new Valle Crucis Elementary school, to be built on property along Broadstone Road between the Mast Farm Inn and the Mast Store Annex.
Read more: Watauga Schools Superintendent Talks About New Valle Crucis School, More
Avery County officially has a new superintendent of schools.
Appalachian State University recently presented the inaugural Chancellor’s Awards for Inclusive Excellence.