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Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Program seeks to start 'hotline' Efforts are under way to launch a new five-county hotline and non- profit substance abuse assessment agency in the area. Drought effects likely to expand While most of the state remains under the grip of a major drought, the effects are likely to be far reaching. Murphy is county planner Kathy Murphy, a former employee of the Alleghany County School System, was recently named the new county planner. Charges filed in Sparta knife attack A Sparta man was charged with stabbing another man in an incident on Main Street Sunday. Festival sees record attendance Festival-goers filled Sparta's Main Street Saturday in what some are calling the largest Mountain Heritage Festival ever. Vision 2010 Forum is held for Sparta About 80 individuals attended a 2010 community visioning and action forum held Sept. 20 in the Sparta School cafetorium. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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