From The AJT News Desk...
Commissioner’s May meeting continued
Avery County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to renew an agreement between Avery and Watauga emergency services that permits each entity to provide emergency services to certain areas along the Avery/Watauga line that are more easily and quickly accessed by crossing county lines. The agreement stipulates that each entity reimburses the other for services rendered. The contract is good for five years and is the third such agreement approved by the commissioners. County Manager Robert Wiseman encouraged the commissioners to adopt the contract, calling it “mutually beneficial.”
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To read the complete story, please pick up a copy of your hometown newspaper, The Avery Journal-Times, available at almost 100 locations in Newland, Banner Elk, Crossnore, Spruce Pine and Roan Mountain, Tenn. To subscribe to The Avery Journal-Times, please call (828) 733-0401 or click to https://ssl.jonesmedia.biz/circ/index.php?db=avery.
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Business Spotlight: Jones Carpet and Furniture —making houses homes for almost five decades
Nothing makes a house cozier than a comfortable bed, a favorite chair or soft carpet under foot.
Read more...Flood damage, budget overview hot topics at BE Town Council
Damage due to last week's flooding in Banner Elk, as well as a budget overview from Banner Elk Town Manager Rick Owen, highlighted the Monday, May 13, meeting of Banner Elk Town Council.Read more...
High Water
High waters flow in Sunday night, Monday morningRead more...
Gospel is in the air at Jim Greene Memorial Concert July 20
The dulcet sounds of several of the most accomplishes Southern Gospel musicians in the region and nation will be spotlighted at the second annual Jim Greene Memorial Concert, beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, at MacDonald Stadium on the campus of Avery High School in Newland.Read more...
Request for additional parking downtown discussed by Elk Park Board of Aldermen
Downtown Elk Park business owner Jane Smith was a guest at the Elk Park Board of Aldermen meeting on Monday, May 6, to discuss the possibility of additional parking spaces around her location.Read more...
Stolen trailer recovered
Stolen trailer returnedRead more...
Crime spree ends
Two arrested following break-ins, car thefts
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New tone for incubator discussion
A notably calmer atmosphere prevails at commissioners' meetingRead more...
‘A rising star’
Page sings with best of N.C. middle school chorus studentsRead more...
Newland VFW Post installs officers
On April 11, Pat Ray Post 4286 of Veterans of Foreign Wars elected and installed its officers for 2013-14.Read more...
Special Olympics Spring Games celebrates athletes, unity
“This is like one of the greatest family reunions ever,” coordinator of Watauga County's Special Olympics Keron Poteat said.
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Quake 2.0 the Aftershock training exercise simulates emergency response
An all-hazards regional training exercise event entitled Quake 2.0: The Aftershock took place in Spruce Pine on Saturday, April 27.
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The closing of ULMC from the view of its congregation and denomination leaders
Dusty Kathleen Ross denounced a recent decision by the Western North Carolina Conference of United Methodist Churches to shut down United Liberty Methodist Church in Matney, locking its doors and denying access to members, on behalf of the ULMC congregation in a press release dated April 16.Read more...
