| 116th Year, 25th Issue | Thursday, January 27, 2005 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Smithey’s building to reopen in March, home to two businessesA building that made its historic mark in downtown Sparta with its opening in the 1930s is expected to be reopened on March 1 as a joint venture of two local businesswomen.Influenza vaccine now available to allIn order to ensure that no flu vaccine is wasted this season, North Carolina public health officials have moved to lift all restrictions on who can be immunized against the flu.
Reality Check
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Joint water venture gets nod from Va. Attorney Gen.Alleghany County and Sparta officials learned last week that creating a two-state authority to oversee a joint venture with Grayson County and Independence, Va. to draft water from the New River would be possible under Virginia law.
Ice, snow and wind impact AlleghanyWhile the conditions may not look like it now, crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation worked long hours over the weekend to keep local roads passable.Email The Alleghany News |
Mathis is recording a social history of areaAs Alleghany County children study the history of the state through the years, one thing Sparta resident Cecelia Butler Mathis does not want left out is the cultural history of the people of Alleghany County.Parkway visitation down for second year in a rowVisitation on the Blue Ridge Parkway dropped for the second consecutive year in 2004, the first two-year decrease on the scenic drive since World War II, the National Park Service reported.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_25/index.php on line 105 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_25/index.php on line 105 |
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