JEFFERSON — In recognition of a 38-year career as Ashe County Arts Council executive directo…
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The following wreck reports have been released by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety in Ashe County.
WEST JEFFERSON — The West Jefferson Board of Aldermen committed $50,000 to the the planned expansion of the Wilkes Community College Ashe Campus at its June 3 meeting.
JEFFERSON — At the May 28 Jefferson Aldermen meeting, Jefferson Town Manager Cathy Howell presented a proposed budget request to the aldermen for consideration. A total of $1,722,367 was requested.
WEST JEFFERSON — Blue Ridge Conservancy's 19th annual Gamekeeper Auction raised money to help the nonprofit continue its mission to protect natural resources of value in northwest North Carolina at the Barn on the New River in West Jefferson the evening of Wednesday, June 5.
The Crooked Road Ramblers will be the fourth Backstreet Concert this year at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 28 at Backstreet Park. In the event of rain, the concert will move to the Ashe Arts Council at 303 West School Road, four blocks to the east of the outdoor concert site. This concert is indivi…
When God was ready to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, He was also ready to let His plans be made known unto Abraham. He said, “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bri…
JEFFERSON — The Annual Ashe County Tennis Clinic was held June 3-6 at the Ashe Park tennis courts, as the Ashe County High School courts are under construction.
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Several student-athletes from Ashe, Avery and Watauga high schools were honored June 3 in the Best of Preps ceremony presented by Mountain Times Publications at Watauga High School’s auditorium.
The abortion issue is more divisive than ever, thanks to extreme anti-abortion legislation recently passed in some states and, lately, to Democratic presidential candidates seemingly vying to be the most pro-choicest.
In 2018, a record turnout of women, minorities and young added 40 House seats to Democratic ranks and made Nancy Pelosi speaker.
So much of what it takes to win in today’s world — and each of us has an individual concept of what winning means — can be learned from the playing field. This was again the lesson as the Ashe Post & Times co-hosted the Mountain Times Publications Best of Preps Student-Athlete Awards on June 2.
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