Foxx pays ‘listening visit’ to Sparta Recently elected 5th District U.S. Congress Rep. Virginia Foxx paid a visit to Alleghany County on a district-wide ‘listening tour’ on Tuesday. Study lauds Alleghany roadways Drivers in Alleghany County had the best chance of surviving an automobile accident in 2003 as compared to other counties in the state, according to a recent study by AAA Carolinas. Reality Check Here and There

Town taxes may rise this year, says Mayor Taxes may be raised for the first time in more than 20 years, Sparta Mayor John Miller noted after hearing the town’s audit report during council’s regular monthly meeting Jan. 4. Andrews hired to help stem use of tobacco With help of Lidjea Andrews, the Alleghany County Schools’ tobacco prevention coordinator, Alleghany youth are working their way towards a 100 percent tobacco-free school environment. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

School finances receive clean bill of health in audit No problems were found an audit of the finances of Alleghany County Schools, which was discussed during the Alleghany County Board of Education’s Jan. 5 meeting. Reeves recalls service in Battle of the Bulge On Dec. 16, 1944 a heretofore retreating German army regrouped for a massive attack that was intended to turn the tide of the war. Correction Due to an error in a report, the ages of Det. Tim Bartlett and Det. Wayne Crouse were incorrectly listed in a story in last week’s edition. Bartlett’s age was listed as 28 in the report by Trooper V.C. Whitley, while he actually is 25. Meanwhile, due to an error in reading that same handwritten report, Crouse’s age was listed as 47, but he actually is 53. 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_23/index.php on line 107 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_23/index.php on line 107

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