| 117th Year, 29th Issue | Thursday, February 23, 2006 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Two incumbents file for Board of EducationWith less than a week of filing remaining, two of three incumbents have filed for re-election on the Alleghany County Board of Education.
Heart Auction has strong startThe first week of the 39th-annual WCOK (1060 AM) Heart Auction got off to a strong start on Saturday, raising $7,401 in sales and donations, said Virginia Setzer, spokesperson for the auction.WNC region gained 10K jobs in ‘05BOONE—Despite a slowdown in Western North Carolina’s economy during the fourth quarter of 2005, employment trends remain positive, according to the Western North Carolina Economic Index compiled at Appalachian State University.
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Fender to leave director’s position effective March 3Director of Elections Karen K. Fender submitted her resignation to the Alleghany County Board of Elections during a brief meeting on Monday.Commission approves voting machine buyThe Alleghany County Board of Commissioners agreed on a 4-0 vote to pay $53,775 from its general fund in the upcoming budget year to purchase 28 new voting machines for the county.Email The Alleghany News |
Builders are invited to museum info sessionContractors, trades people, suppliers and other vendors from Alleghany County and the region are invited to learn more about potential work that will be available with construction of the Sparta Teapot Museum.
Warning: Ladies in purple and redA short poem about growing older, entitled “Warning” by Jenny Joseph, has inspired older ladies around the country to don bright colors and enjoy their later years.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_29/index.php on line 103 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_29/index.php on line 103 |
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