Alleghany High assistant glad to be ‘back home' Serendipity has played a significant role in the life of Alleghany High School's new assistant principal. Wooly adelgid infestation could lead to end of hemlocks here An invasive pest is threatening to destroy a native tree species here and few options have been given to save it. Reality Check Backwoods Beat The Mushroom Chronicles

Chamber prepares to move The Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce is gettting ready to move into its new home on Main Street next week. BRBDC expands its offerings to public The opening of the Blue Ridge Business Development Center's (BDC) permanent location, the former Bassett Walker building, is about nine months in the future. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

Candidate views aired next week The Alleghany News election coverage will be printed next week, Sept. 5, in the issue directly preceding the Sept. 10 primary. Gearing up for the Fair In the photo at right, fair judge Matthew miller of Carroll County, Va. looks over the lambs of several entrants. ‘Critters' give comfort to many local patients As important as the human touch is, a group of volunteers has been visiting nursing homes and lifting residents' spirits with the help of the not-so-human touch.

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