| 116th Year, 2nd Issue | Thursday, August 19, 2004 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Foxx defeats Robinson in runoff; local turnout is near 12 percentSen. Virginia Foxx handily defeated Vernon Robinson in Alleghany County by a margin of about three to one during the “runoff,” or second primary election, that was held on Tuesday.Alleghany fair will begin SaturdayThe week-long Alleghany County Agricultural Fair will begin on Saturday with the demolition derby and end the following Saturday with the CarQuest Mowdown lawnmower race.
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Seniors find work through programExperience Works, a senior workforce organization, has helped local residents Faye Hines, Edith Vaughan, Eleanor Lundy and Margaret McGrady find employment.Hillsville, Va. woman killed in accidentA 29-year-old Hillsville, Va. woman was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday night near the intersection of Pulltail Road and the Blue Ridge Parkway.Email The Alleghany News |
New band director and wife hired to work for school systemTraveling and working in different parts of the world, the husband and wife team of John Riley Black III and Jeanette Black have experienced many things.WNC Index shows weakness in JuneBack-to-back months of flat economic performance in the state's western region indicate a shift toward a weak economy, according to the Western Economic Index and Report.Warning: main(http://www.alleghanynews.com/ads.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/u5/allnews/html/archive/116_02/index.php on line 95 Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.alleghanynews.com/ads.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/share/pear') in /home/u5/allnews/html/archive/116_02/index.php on line 95 |
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