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January 24, 2008
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Reality Check

Do you ever have one of those times when you don't have time to do anything because you're so busy, but at the same time you don't feel like you are getting anything done? ....Read More


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Press Release - Public Forum on Wind Energy Held in Mitchell County

Absentee ballots available for bond referendum this week

Absentee ballots were made available Jan. 22 for the upcoming March 11 school bond referendum, said Kate Cosner, director of the Alleghany Board of Elections.

Auction donations sought

Items are being sought for the 41st annual WCOK Heart Fund Auction.

First Snow

Alleghany County received its first snowfall of note last Thursday (Jan. 17), as between 3.5 and six inches blanketed the landscape.

Teachers weigh in on facilities plan

During a Jan. 14 meeting, members of the Alleghany County Board of Education discussed facilities planning with representatives from Pinnacle Architecture and four local school teachers.

Keighton offers his account of MLK's March on Washington

On a hot August day in 1963, current Alleghany resident Jim Keighton joined his then-Philadelphia neighbors as they took a bus to the Capitol to join thousands of people gathered to hear the words of Martin Luther King Jr.

 

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