| 117th Year, 17th Issue | Thursday, December 1, 2005 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Murder victim has ties hereTimothy Dwayne Shatley was only about three miles from his Ashe County home after another commute to the Wilkesboros late Saturday night (Nov. 19) when a single shot from a high-powered firearm ended his life.Sparta School pod option is droppedThe Alleghany Board of Education has opted not to go for use of podular units in the school system,New jobs reported in WNCThe region’s economy continued to expand in September with economic activity in Western North Carolina increasing .4 percent in September, continuing a trend of solid growth.
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Choose and Cut events planned this weekendVisitors and residents alike have several Yuletide events, from the annual Choose and Cut event to the Singing Christmas Tree, to choose from to keep them busy this weekend.
White House trees stop by SpartaThree trees bound for the White House were given a send-off at a brief ceremony last Friday at the Alleghany County Courthouse and the family that grew the trees was honored for their efforts.Email The Alleghany News |
Big crowd enjoys paradeEntries were up, as were the crowds along Main Street in Sparta, for the annual Christmas parade.Local residents oppose asphalt plant at hearingAbout 150 to 170 people turned out at the Sparta Auditorium Nov. 21 for a public hearing held by the North Carolina Division of Air Quality.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/117_17/index.php on line 101 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/117_17/index.php on line 101 |
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