Just more than a month after his wife died in a fall at Ice Rock by the Blue Ridge Parkway, a Roanoke, Va. man apparently committed suicide by jumping from the Roanoke River Bridge.
A nighttime blaze July 11 destroyed a house on Foxfire Road.
Attorneys have re-filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the Jackie Dean Reynolds case, just two days before the deadline to do so.
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The North Carolina House of Representatives passed a new election schedule by unanimous approval Monday night that sets the much-delayed primary election for Sept. 10.
Help may be on the way for those who are seeking flood insurance, but others may be required to build to more stringent guidelines or be mandated to purchase coverage.
Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County
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Rain in the mountains during the last three weeks has helped some, but in this region as well as much of the state, drought conditions have had a major impact on crops.
Pickers and fans of bluegrass and old time music will gather in Sparta this Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, for the eighth annual Alleghany County Fiddler's Convention.
While the new location of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation is actually in the former Lowe's Home Improvement building in Sparta, few vestiges of the old retail store remain.
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