Last Updated on March 10, 2026 4:22 pm UPDATE 4:20 PM from Watauga Sheriff's Office: Detectives with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office have charged 31-year-old Dylan Welly with one count of Assault on a Female in connection with the incident that occurred on the Greenway walking trail near Brookshire Park on March 10, 2026. Welly …

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Last Updated on March 10, 2026 10:00 am Governor Josh Stein today ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on March 11 in honor of Durham County Master Trooper Steven J. Perry, who died in the line of duty Sunday, March 1. A member of …

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Last Updated on March 10, 2026 8:22 am Watauga County is taking the first concrete steps toward replacing Hardin Park Elementary School, with the Board of Commissioners approving a pair of site survey contracts totaling $79,500 over back-to-back meetings in February and March. The school has been identified for years as needing replacement. A facility …

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Last Updated on March 10, 2026 2:09 pm Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA146 PM EDT Tue Mar 10 2026 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>018-022-023-032>035-043>047-058-059-111800-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Roanoke-Botetourt-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-146 PM EDT Tue Mar 10 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina,central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia andwest central Virginia. .DAY ONE…This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is …

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Last Updated on March 9, 2026 8:35 pm This week on 105 at the bridge project: Brief closures to clear debris from 11am-2pm Tues/Weds/Thurs One-lane traffic for rock-scaling operations 7pm Thurs to early Fri

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Last Updated on March 8, 2026 1:49 pm A Charlotte-based developer with a track record of more than 5,000 affordable housing units across four states has proposed a 93-unit complex on US Highway 421 South in Boone, one of the largest dedicated affordable housing projects to come before the Town Council in recent years. The …

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Last Updated on March 6, 2026 4:12 pm BOONE – N.C. Department of Transportation crews will repair a Hurricane Helene-damaged drainage box in Watauga County next week. Crews will begin repairs on the N.C. 105 Bypass near Greer Lane and the AppalCART offices Monday morning. Repairs are expected to finish Wednesday.   Most of this …

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Last Updated on March 6, 2026 12:32 pm Friday, March 6, 2026 Last week, we held an afternoon of in-person programming for students in our online programs supported by Project Kitty Hawk, a nonprofit partner that works with the UNC System to bring educational programs online — and support students throughout their educational experiences, all …

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