Gerald Boone Milner, age 89, a resident of Washington, died Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Ridgewood Manor.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2024 @ 7:44 am
By: Announcements
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In a Tuesday House committee, Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth, questioned whether college students, particularly Appalachian State University students, who are still registered as “dependents” on their parents’ taxes, should be able to vote in their college town.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 11:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Police in North Carolina got a helping hoof this week when a herd of cattle aided in the roundup of a suspect on the run.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 12:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Watauga County and three of its towns want the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Boone. That town challenges Watauga's system for splitting local sales tax revenue.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2023 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Town of Boone wants the N.C. Supreme Court to take up its sales tax squabble with Watauga County.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While rains from Alberto are tapering off across western North Carolina, emergency officials are keeping a close watch on river and lake levels as the threat of flooding, landslides and mudslides remains significant
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that Disaster Recovery Centers will open this week to help Caldwell and Wilkes county residents who were affected by storms that struck in late October
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 4:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper has appointed three new judges to preside over North Carolina courts
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2017 @ 10:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory joined state and local officials today to announce a $145,000 grant to help fund a key pedestrian bridge on the Middle Fork Greenway. The grant was funded by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Contingency Fund
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:10 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Beulah Boone Warren, 76, formerly of Washington, passed away in Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, NJ on Sunday, February 22,2015.
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 6:07 am
By: Announcements
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Extraterritorial jurisdictions have been a source of controversy for years. Muncipal leaders and their advocates LOVE them. They gain influence over territory and residents who can't even vote for them.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 9:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina, will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the Western NC Agricultural Center in Fletcher.
Published: Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 @ 10:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to a new bill passed into law on Wednesday, the western NC city of Boone will lose its rights of extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), seriously limiting the power the city has on residents outside city limits.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 12:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Earnestine Boone Aldridge was born July 11, 1930 in Clinton, North Carolina to James (Son) Boone and Sallie Mathis. After high school, she moved to Harlem, New York where she met and married the love of her life, Ray Aldridge, Jr.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 1:42 am
By: Announcements
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Born on March 3, 1923, Arthel "Doc" Watson is an icon for folk, bluegrass, and country music due to his mastery of the flat-top guitar.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2013 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County was established by legislative act in 1849 from parts of Caldwell, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yancey County.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Catherine Sanders Biggs Shaw, 77, of 381 Styons Road, Plymouth, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. The family is receiving friends at the home of her sister, Kay Boone, 282 Reno Road, Plymouth. Arrangements will be announced by Toodle's Funeral Home, Plymouth.
Published: Saturday, July 6th, 2013 @ 11:57 am
By: Announcements
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Anne Hunter Plonk Boone, 59, of Washington and Hatteras, died Wednesday, April 3, 2012, at her home.
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 12:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Anne Hunter Plonk Boone, 59, a resident of 121 Forecastle Court, Washington,died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at her home.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 7:46 pm
By: Announcements
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Watauga County mountain man Eustace Conway's passion for teaching primitive living came to a sudden halt in October when local government officials shut down his operation, citing safety and health concerns.
Published: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 @ 2:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1899, two brothers, natives of the western mountains of North Carolina, opened Watagua Academy, the precursor of Appalachian State University.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 12:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 31, Beaufort County’s only locally owned print newspaper, the Washington Daily News, will soon be under the ownership of an Alabama-based newspaper conglomerate, Boone Newspapers Inc.
Published: Thursday, June 17th, 2010 @ 1:30 pm
By: BCN
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The Blue Ridge Parkway running along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains offers the wandering aventurers: panoramic vistas, sunny mountain meadows, and hiking trails of varying difficulty.
Published: Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 @ 3:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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