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“Beat the Peak” alert ahead of forecasted extreme temps

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|Date: January 18, 2019
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“Beat the Peak” alert ahead of forecasted extreme temps

SPECIAL REPORT to Blowing Rock News. By Renee Whitener. January 18, 2019. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy ...

SPECIAL REPORT to Blowing Rock News. By Renee Whitener. January 18, 2019. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy is announcing a "Beat The Peak" alert from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday, January 21, ahead of ex ...

January 18, 2019
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Federal employees earn “Local” status at The Blowing Rock during shutdown

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|Date: January 17, 2019
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Federal employees earn “Local” status at The Blowing Rock during shutdown

By David Rogers. January 17, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Blowing Rock already offers town and nearby ar ...

By David Rogers. January 17, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Blowing Rock already offers town and nearby area residents ("locals") free admission to the park on any day of the year, any time it is open ...

January 17, 2019
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WTW, GPE, TBM: Reinforcing UNCOMMON values

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|Date: January 16, 2019
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WTW, GPE, TBM: Reinforcing UNCOMMON values

By David Rogers. January 16, 2019. BOONE, NC -- Thanks to the proliferation of texting, acronyms are embe ...

By David Rogers. January 16, 2019. BOONE, NC -- Thanks to the proliferation of texting, acronyms are embedded in American culture today more than ever, from LOL and BFF to YATI and ZZZ. For Watauga he ...

January 16, 2019
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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Grandfather Mountain offers free admission to federal employees during shutdown

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|Date: January 15, 2019
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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Grandfather Mountain offers free admission to federal employees during shutdown

SPECIAL REPORT to Blowing Rock News. By Frank Ruggiero. January 15, 2019. LINVILLE, NC -- As the partial ...

SPECIAL REPORT to Blowing Rock News. By Frank Ruggiero. January 15, 2019. LINVILLE, NC -- As the partial government shutdown continues, Grandfather Mountain will offer complimentary admission to affec ...

January 15, 2019
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UPDATE: Outages reduced in Blue Ridge Energy service area

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|Date: January 13, 2019
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UPDATE: Outages reduced in Blue Ridge Energy service area

SPECIAL REPORT to Blowing Rock News. By Renee Whitener. January 13, 2019. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy ...

SPECIAL REPORT to Blowing Rock News. By Renee Whitener. January 13, 2019. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians continue working to restore the final 104 outages after icy weather overnight ...

January 13, 2019
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OUTAGE REPORT: Most power restored after snow, ice raise havoc

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|Date: January 13, 2019
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OUTAGE REPORT: Most power restored after snow, ice raise havoc

SPECIAL REPORT. By Renee Whitener. January 13, 2019. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians are ...

SPECIAL REPORT. By Renee Whitener. January 13, 2019. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians are restoring power for over 700 members without power as of 10 am Sunday. Earlier this morning, o ...

January 13, 2019
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Three charged in Farmers, High Country 4×4 break-ins

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|Date: January 11, 2019
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Three charged in Farmers, High Country 4×4 break-ins

SPECIAL REPORT. By Sgt. Shane Robbins of Boone Police. January 11, 2019. BOONE, NC -- On November 27th, 2 ...

SPECIAL REPORT. By Sgt. Shane Robbins of Boone Police. January 11, 2019. BOONE, NC -- On November 27th, 2018, Farmers Rental and Power Equipment was the victim of a break-in and then on November 28th, ...

January 11, 2019
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OBITUARY: Mary Adelaide Austell Craver, 76

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|Date: January 09, 2019
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OBITUARY: Mary Adelaide Austell Craver, 76

Mary Adelaide Austell Craver, the only child of Charles Benjamin Austell and Mary Adelaide Roberts Austel ...

Mary Adelaide Austell Craver, the only child of Charles Benjamin Austell and Mary Adelaide Roberts Austell of Shelby, North Carolina, was born in a Charlotte hospital on July 1, 1942. She passed away ...

January 09, 2019
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Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With…Luke Winkelmann, snowboarding professional

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|Date: January 05, 2019
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Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With…Luke Winkelmann, snowboarding professional

By David Rogers. January 5, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- When a gaggle of giggling teenage girls flock to th ...

By David Rogers. January 5, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- When a gaggle of giggling teenage girls flock to the head of a line, it's a good bet that there is a cute teenage boy somewhere to be found. But i ...

January 05, 2019
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UPDATED: Conover auto crash kills one, delays traffic for 90 minutes

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|Date: December 27, 2018
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UPDATED: Conover auto crash kills one, delays traffic for 90 minutes

SPECIAL REPORT. December 27, 2018. CONOVER, NC -- On Thursday, 27 December 2018, at approximately 12:30 p ...

SPECIAL REPORT. December 27, 2018. CONOVER, NC -- On Thursday, 27 December 2018, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Catawba Cou ...

December 27, 2018
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Boone Police issues statement on bomb scare

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|Date: December 21, 2018
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Boone Police issues statement on bomb scare

SPECIAL REPORT. By Sgt Shane Robbins. December 21, 2018. BOONE, NC – On Friday, December 21st at approxim ...

SPECIAL REPORT. By Sgt Shane Robbins. December 21, 2018. BOONE, NC – On Friday, December 21st at approximately 9:00 a.m. Boone Police 911 Telecommunications Center received a call from an unknown man ...

December 21, 2018
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Nominations now open for 2019 Governor’s “Volunteer Service Awards”

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|Date: December 19, 2018
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Nominations now open for 2019 Governor’s “Volunteer Service Awards”

SPECIAL REPORT. By Marti Phillips. December 19, 2018. BOONE, NC -- Nominations are now being accepted for ...

SPECIAL REPORT. By Marti Phillips. December 19, 2018. BOONE, NC -- Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards. High Country United Way staff and volunteers hav ...

December 19, 2018
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Power restored to all after Diego’s winter attack

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|Date: December 11, 2018
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Power restored to all after Diego’s winter attack

SPECIAL REPORT. By Renee Whitener. December 11, 2018. As of 5:53 pm on Monday, Blue Ridge Energy line tec ...

SPECIAL REPORT. By Renee Whitener. December 11, 2018. As of 5:53 pm on Monday, Blue Ridge Energy line technicians had power restored to all members that were impacted by Winter Storm Diego. The storm ...

December 11, 2018
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Caldwell, Wilkes hardest hit by winter storm; power outages more than halved

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|Date: December 10, 2018
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Caldwell, Wilkes hardest hit by winter storm; power outages more than halved

SPECIAL REPORT. By Renee Whitener. December 9, 2018. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians hav ...

SPECIAL REPORT. By Renee Whitener. December 9, 2018. LENOIR, NC -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians have outages down to 871 members without power as of 4:30 pm Sunday, after a height of 2,269 as of ...

December 10, 2018
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