Several members of the Alleghany County Sheriff's Department seized about 40 marijuana plants in the Laurel Springs area of the county last Wednesday morning.
School officials on Aug. 1 authorized a change-of-course on one of the
largest "finishing touches" at Alleghany High School's new
gymatorium/classroom complex.
A western entertainment tradition is headed to Alleghany County once again, as the second annual Sparta Lions Club/Trojan Chevrolet Rodeo is slated for this weekend.
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Michael Wayne Strickland was sentenced to probation, but no jail time, for the shooting of Angela Dawn Petty last January by Judge Dennis J. Winner. The brief trial, held Monday in Alleghany Criminal Superior Court, ended through a plea-bargain agreement.
A 30-foot-tall American chestnut tree near Sheets Gap Road in Union Township of northern Wilkes County near the Alleghany County line is being used to help bring this once dominant species back to the forests of Western North Carolina and elsewhere.
Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County
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The word "amateur" literally means someone who engages in an activity for the love of it, rather than as an occupation.
Three candidates will be vying for two seats on the Sparta Town Council, thanks to two late filers.
Evelyn "Susie" Miller of Sparta Elementary School was selected as North Carolina's 2001 Zeneca/NACD Conservation Education "Teacher of The Year" during judging Thursday in Raleigh.
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