Last Updated on May 8, 2024 11:17 am BANNER ELK – Nighttime closures will be performed on N.C. 105 between Broadstone Road and Old Danner Road Thursday evening. Beginning at 7 p.m., crews from Wright Brothers Construction Company Inc. will stop traffic intermittently for no more than 15 minutes at a time to manually remove materials …

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Last Updated on May 8, 2024 10:11 am NCC003-011-021-023-027-035-045-071-087-089-097-099-109-111-115-119-121-149-161-173-175-199-SCC021-045-083-091-082000-/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.A.0203.240508T1405Z-240508T2000Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH203 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWINGAREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CATAWBA CLEVELANDGASTON IREDELL LINCOLNMECKLENBURG IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKECALDWELL HAYWOOD HENDERSONJACKSON …

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Last Updated on May 8, 2024 9:06 am THE WATAUGA COUNTY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE WATAUGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS OF TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2024.  A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ONLINE AT WWW.WATAUGACOUNTY.ORG; IN THE COUNTY MANAGER’S OFFICE LOCATED IN …

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Last Updated on May 8, 2024 5:00 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA406 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-090815-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-406 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina,southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast WestVirginia. .DAY ONE…Today and tonight. The is a …

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Last Updated on May 7, 2024 6:49 pm BLOWING ROCK — Watauga County Schools is pleased to announce third-grade teacher Lara Whiteside as the 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year. Whiteside was named the district teacher of the year in a surprise assembly in the school’s gymnasium on April 26. “Mrs. Whiteside is not the type …

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Last Updated on May 7, 2024 8:03 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA428 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-080830-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-428 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast …

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Last Updated on May 6, 2024 7:56 pm The Town of Boone is participating in “No Mow May 2024”. During the April 10th, 2024 Boone Town Council meeting, the Council passed the “No Mow May” resolution. In the resolution, property owners are encouraged not to mow their properties to promote habitat growth for the bee …

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Last Updated on May 6, 2024 2:32 pm Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will cross southeast West Virginia, southwest Virginia, and northwest North Carolina this afternoon and evening. Some thunderstorms will produce very heavy rainfall. NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-016-WVZ042-070400-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0005.240506T1828Z-240507T0400Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Wythe-Grayson-Carroll-Mercer-Including the cities of Yadkinville, Galax, Boone, Sparta,Dobson, Tazewell, Bland, Independence, Bluefield, Flat Top, WestJefferson, Wytheville, Wilkesboro, Whitetop, …

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