Last Updated on March 13, 2026 5:02 pm BOONE, N.C. — The Sun Belt Conference on Friday announced the complete 2026 regular season schedule for App State Football. The schedule has five Saturday home dates to go along with one midweek home game in league play: a nationally televised Thursday home contest against James Madison on …

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Last Updated on March 13, 2026 9:00 am Laurel Springs – On Thursday, March 12, at approximately 10:44 a.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Alleghany County on NC 18 near NC 113. A 2025 Toyota Rav-4 was traveling North on NC 18 when it ran off the …

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Last Updated on March 11, 2026 7:23 pm LANSING, N.C. – Sheriff B. Phil Howell announces the arrest of 21-year-old Austin Tyler Durden of Lansing, NC, for 2 counts of Second-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. The Ashe County Sheriff's Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) Internet Crimes Against Children Task …

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Last Updated on March 11, 2026 7:11 pm (WILKES COUNTY, N.C.) – The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has arrested Wilkes County Register of Deeds Misty Michelle Smithey (W/F DOB 01/13/1978) following a drug investigation in Wilkes County. Smithey has been charged with possession of methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess methamphetamine. She was …

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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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