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Listen to High Country Radio News from Monday, October 21st:
There was a fire at the cabins of Shatley Springs Inn & Restaurant in Ashe County Friday.
Hardin Park sixth-grader Clara Lappan was the winner in the Watauga County Schools district-wide spelling bee held Oct. 18.
Owners of the Mast Farm Inn of Valle Crucis have filed a lawsuit against the Watauga Board of Education in an effort to stop the board from purchasing land in Valle Crucis for a new school.
Read more: Business Owner In Valle Crucis Files Suit Against Watauga Board Of Educaiton
Katie Matthews, a first-grade teacher at Valle Crucis School, has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Read more: Teacher at Valle Crucis School Receives Presidential Award for Excellence
The Watauga County Commissioners decided Tuesday to table proposed changes to the ordinance that would address the construction of schools in the historic district of Valle Crucis.
Read more: Watauga Commissioners Table Ordinance Changes In Valle Crucis
AppHealthCare and the Mediation and Restorative Justice Center (MRJC) were among the 2019 recipients awarded funding through the federal Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program (COAP) under the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice (more information about the COAP here).
Read more: AppHealthCare, MRJC and WCSO Receive Funding to Respond to Opioid Epidemic
Some tenants of the Old Hotel in West Jefferson have been ordered to vacate the building due to structural deficiencies.
Watauga County One-Stop early voting begins at the Plemmons Student Union this Monday, and will continue weekdays 10am-4pm until November 1st.
The man accused of felony hit-and-run after fatally hitting a cyclist October 10th in Caldwell County, has been located and arrested.
Read more: Man Accused of Hit-and-Run That Killed Cyclist, Found and Arrested