The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners agreed to add Martin Luther King's Birthday as an official paid county holiday at a meeting last Thursday morning by a 4-1 vote.
A Sparta man was killed in a single-vehicle accident Sunday night at 9:15 p.m. on Fraser Road, according to a report by Trooper S.R. Grizzell.
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Some details of the upcoming Fourth of July parade took shape during last week's Sparta Revitalization Committee meeting
A probe into the death of a Roanoke, Va. woman at Ice Rock is continuing, said District Ranger Brent Pennington of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County
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The Alleghany Horseman Association and the Alleghany County 4-H are sponsoring a youth horse show on Saturday, June 29 at 10 a.m. at the Justice Carlisle Higgins Agricultural (Alleghany) Fairgrounds.
A move to declare damage to the local tree growing industry as a natural disaster is underway due to this year's late May freeze.
About 25 area residents participated in the Alleghany Wellness Center's "Walk for Wellness Day," and over 160 were on hand for the "Be Happy, Be Healthy Celebration".
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