110th Year, 24th Issue Thursday, January 21, 1999 Sparta, North Carolina
 

Local park ranger offers area lore and wildlife education to students

Alleghany County elementary schools were visited recently by a park ranger who talked to students about wildlife, conservation and history.

New Years Baby

Alleghany County's first baby of the new year was born January 2.

Town Planners OK Apartments

The Sparta Planning Board agreed unanimously Monday night to recommend the approval of a plan for building a moderate-income apartment complex on N.C. 18. 
Workers say they will not get certified as paramedics without a larger raise

County approves plan to give EMS workers original offer

The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners agrees to offer a one-step increase on the county's salary scale to rising Paramedics.

NWRHA Set to Revive Plan for 98 Project

Ned Fowler of the Northwestern Regional Housing Authority confirmed Friday that his group will be seeking state tax credit funding for the building of a low- to moderate-income apartment complex in Sparta.

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Facilities Building Plan Set

At their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, the Alleghany County Board of Education came to an understanding of agreement with the administrators of the Alleghany schools to try to complete a finished plan to take to the county commissioners on Feb. 1. 
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