Last Updated on March 14, 2026 7:53 pm Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA331 PM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ011>020-151945-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Wilkes-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-331 PM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina,southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE…This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at …

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Last Updated on March 14, 2026 7:35 pm The N.C. Department of Revenue (NCDOR) has published a notice for taxpayers on the change in how the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issues postmarks in relation to tax filing and payment deadlines. Effective Dec. 24, 2025, the USPS added a section to the Domestic Mail Manual to address postmarks …

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Last Updated on March 14, 2026 6:47 pm Friday, March 13, 2026 When Mountaineers describe their App State Experiences, they speak of so many wonderful opportunities that shape their time at App State. This often includes at least one strong mentorship with a faculty member — which oftentimes includes conducting applied research — and at …

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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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