A look at 2022 in photos
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A lot happened in 2022 in Watauga County. Take a look at some of the photos our reporters and the community captured through their camera lens in 2022.
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Assistant Chief Mike Teague and Chief Jimmy Isaacs look on as the house burns down after a training.
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The June Boonerang crowd loved the Saturday afternoon set from Town Mountain.
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The Appalachian FC mascot, Squatchy, celebrates winning the conference final in July.
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WCSO K-9 Elvis retired after nine years of service in January 2022.
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Crowds gathered on King Street after App State beat Texas A&M on Sept. 10.
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Protesters took to King Street with signs while chanting.
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Hundreds of fans rushed the field after a successful Hail Mary to defeat Troy on Sept. 17.
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Mary Bohlen and Chef Walter Staib filming their first take for A Taste of History, which was filmed in Boone.
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County Commissioner Charlie Wallin and AppalCart Board Chair Quint Davie helped pull the cover off the new electric AppalCart bus.
Plow
A plow clears U.S. 421 early in the day on Jan. 16, which was one of the first big snows of the year in 2022.
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From left to right: Marshall Ashcraft, Scott Elliott, Bonnie Smith, Larry Turnbow, Billy Kennedy, Carrington Pertalion, Charlie Wallin, Jason Cornett, Gary Childers, Deron Geouque, Ray Russell, Jay Fenwick and Steve Combs turn over the first shovelful of earth as construction on a new school in Valle Crucis begins.
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An early-morning fire in Blowing Rock left this house a total loss in late November.
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Superintendent Scott Elliott, Chief Academic Officer Tamara Stamey, and Assistant Superintendent Stephen Martin during a teacher leadership academy in 2016 with the county’s teachers of the year.
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Students cheer and display signs before College GameDay presentations started on Saturday, Sept. 17.
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Leading the Humvee Pull is Lance Corporal Hayden Gaddy.
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Khurram Tariq prayed during Friday prayer at a new mosque in Boone, which opened this year.
Jase Kerley flagbearer
Jase Kerley, son of the late Watauga County Fire Marshal and Cove Creek Volunteer Firefighter Jay Kerley, who died in 2022, was named an honorary captain of the Pioneers football team. Here, Jase Kerley leads the team out while bearing a flag that honors his father.
Family together in Ukraine
Anna, Misha, Danny, Mary and Tetiana before the war in Ukraine. They relocated to Boone in 2022 due to the war.
Farthing and VB team celebrate her 1000 kills
Caroline Farthing (Sr.) is awarded balloons and a sign by her teammates in celebration of hitting her new career high of 1,000 kills in October.
BOE Absentee meeting
Republican BOE member Eric Eller puts in absentee ballots into the voting machine along with Democrat Matt Walpole.
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Firefighters from Ashe and Watauga counties worked diligently to put the fire out at the Cobble Creek Lumber.
Upsetting the AppalCart
Multiple departments train during an overturned AppalCart scenario.
Training at CCC&TI
Officers from various departments including Boone Police and WCSO, clear a door after being “ambushed” during a scenario.
Stop the Bleed training
Zack Walker, Beth Rodde and Deborah Dubrule learn from paramedic Peter Pickering about pacing a tourniquet during a stop the bleed training in October.
911 call center
The Watauga County 911 call center can have five operators on duty at a time. The Boone 911 Dispatch Center and the Watauga one combined in 2022. Pictured is Kaitlyn Yancey, Stephany Townsend, Aaron Ward and Jonathan Hodges. The fifth operator works in the back left corner.
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Len Hagaman speaks at a press conference on Feb. 11 after announcing a 50-year-old murder was solved.
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Watauga High School students line up to sign their names on the canvas sides of the US Forest Service transfer truck holding “Ruby” — a 78-foot red spruce Christmas tree.
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