| 113th Year, 28th Issue | Thursday, February 21, 2002 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Several file for electionFiling 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 buildingA 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. BaptistAn 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 CheckBackwoods Beat |
Town pens deal with BREMCOThe Town of Sparta officially acquired the present Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (BREMCO) building on Main Street last week.School board makes television appearanceThe A. Anderson Huber Cyber Campus carried out the first live television coverage of an Alleghany County government board meeting last week.Email The Alleghany News |
Commissioners extend year requirement for insuranceIt recently got a little more difficult for employees to retire from Alleghany County.
Heart auction proceeds increasePart 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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