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113th Year, 28th Issue Thursday, February 21, 2002 Sparta, North Carolina

Several file for election

Filing opened Monday at noon for several local offices and the action was brisk for most of the afternoon.

Small industry to set up shop in former Spring Ford building

A Dobson-based company has reached an agreement to purchase the former Spring Ford Knitting facility on Trojan Avenue in Sparta.

Childress’ condition improves at N.C. Baptist

An Ennice teenager injured in a Feb. 11 crash on N.C. 93 was improving this week at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (N.C. Baptist) in Winston-Salem.

Reality Check

Backwoods Beat


Town pens deal with BREMCO

The Town of Sparta officially acquired the present Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (BREMCO) building on Main Street last week.

School board makes television appearance

The A. Anderson Huber Cyber Campus carried out the first live television coverage of an Alleghany County government board meeting last week.

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Commissioners extend year requirement for insurance

It recently got a little more difficult for employees to retire from Alleghany County.

Heart auction proceeds increase

Part one of the annual WCOK Heart Fund Auction raised about $500 more than this time last year and almost half of the auction’s overall goal for this year.

Piney Creek celebrates its 'mark of excellence'

"With great students, faculty and staff, we can do anything," said Hannah Leinbach, president of the student council at Piney Creek Elementary School.

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