August
12, 2005
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No
Lights - No Power
A
sudden power outage Thursday afternoon brought Boone traffic
to a standstill. Photo by Marie Freeman
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Outage
hits 3 counties
A
Duke Power transmission line failed Thursday afternoon leaving
three mountain counties without power, disabling traffic lights,
and stranding one woman in a Boone bank elevator.
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Forehand
makes foray into politics
While
the 2005 municipal election may be his first foray into politics,
Mac Forehand is no stranger to local government.
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A
busy day in the life of a congresswoman
Foxx, who tries to maintain hours there at least once a week, spent Thursday morning catching up on the correspondence that takes much of her time when she's away from Washington, D.C.
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August 10, 2005
Chartering a new course
Two Rivers Community School teacher Rachel Wood paints a chalkboard in her classroom at the Old Mabel School, which will house the new charter school on Aug. 22. For more on the school, please link with the article below. Photo by Scott Nicholson |
Charter school starts from scratch
The founders of Watauga County’s first charter school have learned that opening a school isn’t as easy as A-B-C.
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Charter school will draw money from county system
Watauga County’s first charter school is leading to funding uncertainties with the regular public school system, and the lack of a state budget has prevented the school system from finalizing its number of teaching positions.
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Wildlife officials, women debate state deer policy
Susie Parkinson had a feeling they were going to kill “her” deer as she sat handcuffed in the back of a N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission car early last month.
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August 8, 2005
Multi-tasking
Paulette Isaacs is able to simultaneously entertain her 2-year-old son, Joshua, keep an eye on 9-month-old Daniel, and enjoy the sounds of the band Echo Park during its concert on the lawn at the Jones House Friday. Photo by Marie Freeman
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17-year-old begins serving
five-month split sentence in teen’s shooting
Seventeen-year-old Michael Reed Replogle II began serving a five-month split sentence in the Watauga County Jail Friday for the shooting death of Mabel School eighth-grader Tabitha Bumgardner. A jury convicted Replogle of involuntary manslaughter Thursday following about
eight hours of deliberation. Judge Richard Daughton also ordered Replogle to pay $12,850 in restitution to the Bumgardner family and $3,041 in fines and court expenses.
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County concerned about septic overloads
County officials are concerned about development that overloads septic tanks not designed to handle excessive use.
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High Country Briefs: Death ruled a suicide
The Watauga County medical examiner has determined the death of a Deep Gap man found stabbed to death the morning of July 27 was a suicide.
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County improving methane collection at old landfill
The Watauga County commissioners have approved the purchase of equipment to improve methane collection at the former county landfill.
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