Late night fire destroys Ennice residence An Ennice home, located at 253 Cranford Knoll, was destroyed in a Jan. 25 structure fire. Reality Check Here and There

Lobbyist makes her pitch here A spokesperson for the Ferguson Group appeared to have the support of local officials at a joint meeting of the Alleghany County Board of Commissioners and the Sparta Town Council Monday night. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

Real estate sales continue to increase A three-year trend of steady increases in property transfers continued in Alleghany County during 2004, according to information from the Alleghany Register of Deeds Office. Former Conway, S.C. resident writes book based on mother’s ghost story Growing up in Conway, S.C. and being one of five children, Sally Glass, a self-professed dreamer with a vivid imagination, admits she always wanted to write a book. She attributes this desire to her siblings. 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_26/index.php on line 85 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_26/index.php on line 85

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