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Watauga High Playmakers win in national theater competition in Baltimore

The Watauga High Playmakers have wrapped up their original play SURGE in award-winning fashion. Competing for the final time, this time in Baltimore at the Southeast Theater Conference (SETC), the Pio...

Crews battling wildfire in Wilkes County, fires also in Ashe & Caldwell

Fire crews from at least six departments and the NC Forest Service are battling a wildfire in Wilkes County. That fire is reportedly 1500 acres. That fire is on the mountainside of Old Highway 16 nea...

Local Burn Ban in Effect – Watauga County

Due to persistent hazardous fire conditions the North Carolina Forestry Service has issued aBurn Ban for the entire State including Watauga County. In addition to the State Burn Ban, the WataugaCounty...