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WEST JEFFERSON — In a three-day span, Main Street in downtown West Jefferson underwent a full-scale repaving project, giving new life to one of the town's central streets.
The following information was provided by Appalachian Health Care. Restaurants, food stands and meat markets are inspected one to four times per year, based on assigned risk frequency, child care establishments are inspected twice per year and residential care establishments are inspected on…
ASHE COUNTY — Citizens of Ashe County looking to keep their connections to the television channels WUNE-TV, WLFB, WXII-TV and WUNL-TV will have to rescan for them before Friday, Sept. 6. If not done, customers can end up losing connection to the channels they currently have.
BOONE — Carefully planned procedures, lots of preparation and a team of approximately 800 volunteers ensured 2,000 students were welcomed and settled onto the Appalachian State University campus on Aug. 16. Another 1,000 were expected to arrive Aug. 17 and 18.
ASHE COUNTY — Ashe County Schools welcomed more than 3,000 students for the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 15, with plenty of smiles to go around.
NEWLAND — The Lady Huskies volleyball team traveled to Avery County High School for its season opener on Monday, Aug. 18, with both varsity and junior varsity teams securing the first win of the season against Avery’s Lady Vikings.
WEST JEFFERSON — The Huskies women's tennis team held its first practice on Ashe County High School's new tennis courts Monday, Aug. 12. The Lady Huskies are scheduled to face Alleghany High School Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 4 p.m. followed by a match on the road against Elkin Thursday, Aug. 22, a…
WEST JEFFERSON — A new season is on the horizon for the Ashe County Huskies boys’ soccer team, with changes from top to bottom having settled in after a playoff-appearance season in 2018. The 2019 season will feature a new head coach, starting striker and back line, but still holds the same,…
The 17th annual New River Blues Festival is returning to the High Country over Labor Day weekend. Gates open at noon on Sept. 1, and music is from 1-6 p.m. on the lawn of River House Inn, which will provide beverages. Kelman's Bon Appetit is this year's food vendor, and vegetarian options wi…
WEST JEFFERSON — The Ashe County Little Theatre is ready for its newest production, “Calendar Girls,” which will be at the Ashe County Civic Center Aug. 22-25.
The Regional Artist Project of Northwest North Carolina is a partnership between the Arts Councils of Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes Counties and the North Carolina Arts Council. Its goal is to provide support to a broad range of visual, performing, literary, and inter-disciplinary arti…
WEST JEFFERSON — New River Brewing in West Jefferson is getting a sizable splash of color, courtesy of artist Whitney Stuart Landwehrmann. This is the second mural of the year for Landwehrmann, who recently finished up 'Tree of Appalachia' on the side of Third Day Market. Landwehrmann said t…
The Zephyr Lightning Bolts will be the 10th and last band performing in the 2019 BackStreet Concert Series on Friday, Aug. 30, at 5:30 p.m. The concert is free. If it rains, the concert will be moved to the Ashe Arts Council three blocks to the east. The individual sponsor for this concert i…
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