Last Updated on June 20, 2025 8:02 pm Over the last several weeks, Watauga Cooperative Extension has received a number of calls from concerned citizens and farmers with questions about poison hemlock on their properties. Unlike the tall, dark green hemlock trees which are commonly found in our native Appalachian forests, poison hemlock is a highly toxic flowering plant …

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Last Updated on June 20, 2025 7:32 pm RALEIGH, N.C. – June 17, 2025 – The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is proud to congratulate Wilkes Community College’s (WCC) Ashe Campus for receiving the 2025 “George Giacumakis Innovation Award” from the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators (NABCA). The prestigious national honor recognizes excellence and innovation among …

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Last Updated on June 20, 2025 7:32 pm Wilkesboro, NC — On May 9, 2025, the Wilkesboro Police Department, incollaboration with agents from North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE),executed search warrants at two vape shops in Wilkesboro: 421 Tobacco and Vape,located at 1780 U.S. Highway 421, and 421 Z’s Tobacco and Vape, located at 1022River …

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Last Updated on June 20, 2025 7:27 pm Friday, June 20, 2025 With today’s sunshine also comes an annual celebration of some of App State’s legendary athletics alumni at tonight’s “Forever a Mountaineer” Legends Gala. We’re looking forward to celebrating: Author, podcaster and public speaker Shelly Laney Henderson ’87, who will be the event's keynote speaker. Shelly …

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Last Updated on June 19, 2025 7:29 pm Watauga County has reached an agreement with Watauga Medics, Inc. for AmbulanceServices in Watauga County to become a County-Operated Service. At the June 17, 2025 regularlyscheduled meeting, the Watauga County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of theassets of Watauga Medics, Inc. for $1.7 million. $1 million …

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Last Updated on June 19, 2025 11:37 am Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute has announced two upcoming events designed to help students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and take advantage of the new Next NC Scholarship Plan. Events will be held on both the Watauga Campus in Boone and …

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Last Updated on June 19, 2025 11:31 am LINVILLE, N.C. – The long and storied tradition that is the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games returns to MacRae Meadows on Thursday, July 10, continuing through Sunday, July 13. This marks the 69th year for the beloved and historic celebration of Scottish ancestry and heritage, with the popular …

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Last Updated on June 19, 2025 4:36 am Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA331 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-200745-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-331 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 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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