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Library hosting free sensory-friendly movie on Aug. 10
BOONE — The Watauga County Public Library will host its next free sensory-friendly movie on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m. The library welcomes everyone to attend with the understanding that this movie time is designed for individuals with special needs and their families. The library will use dim lights that remain on and will lower the sound. Organizers also invite participants who need to move around or sit or stand where they are most comfortable.
Watauga, Avery Obituaries – August 6, 2024
The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Dennis Grady was born on October 6, 1950 in Mecklenburg County, family home in Belmont, NC, to Thomas Francis Grady and Rosemary Loughran Grady. Dennis died on July 26, 2024, at home in Boone, NC, after battling cancer for a year.
Boone Fire offers back to school safety tips
BOONE — August is back to school month in the High Country with classes for Watauga County and Appalachian State University students starting on Aug. 19. Many young children will be home alone before or after school begins and a large number of college students will be living on their own for the first time.
This year's Blowing Rock Tour of Homes deemed a 'great success'
BLOWING ROCK — St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church has announced that the 66th Annual Blowing Rock Tour of Homes was a success. Organizers said the event was a success thanks to the countless hours of volunteers from around Watauga County and beyond who donated Timeless Treasures, baked fabulous cakes, cookies and pies, drove, guided, arranged flowers, served lunches, organized, sold, and cleaned, as well as the four families who so graciously opened their lovely homes for over a 1,000 visitors from across North Carolina and beyond.
Lengthy high-speed pursuit ends in crash, multiple charges
BLOWING ROCK — A lengthy high-speed pursuit early Sunday morning has led to multiple charges and two people, including a 17-year-old, being transported to the hospital, according to the Watauga County Sheriff‘s Office. On Aug. 4, just before 1 a.m., a WCSO deputy attempted to stop a 2000...
Plane crash false alarm prompts multi-agency response
DEEP GAP — Multiple agencies responded to the area of U.S. 421 and U.S. 221 for reports of a possible plane crash Wednesday morning, which turned out to be unfounded. According to the Deep Gap Volunteer Fire Department, emergency personnel were dispatched just after 9 a.m. to the U.S. 421 and 221 intersection for a possible plane crash. Multiple 911 callers believed they saw a small aircraft possibly on fire...
St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church’s 66th Blowing Rock Tour of Homes Great Success
St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church announces a successful 66 th Annual Blowing Rock Tour of Homes, thanks to the countless hours of volunteers from around Watauga County and beyond who donated Timeless Treasures, baked fabulous cakes, cookies and pies, drove, guided, arranged flowers, served lunches, organized, sold, and cleaned, as well as the four families who so graciously opened their lovely homes for over a thousand visitors from across North Carolina and beyond.
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