Archives Events Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Featured Sponsor Info Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Former business owners to face federal charges A Sparta woman and a Jonesville woman are each facing federal charges of conspiring to commit health care fraud and 16 counts of committing health care fraud. Town discusses budget planning The members of the Sparta Town Council met Monday with Town Manager Bryan Edwards to discuss working numbers surrounding a preliminary budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, set to start July 1. Economic decline slows in February Western North Carolina's economy declined in February, but at .1 percent, it was the smallest decline since mid-2008. Woodruff, an Alleghany education icon, dies at age 77 John Woodruff, an icon in Alleghany County Schools who served over 20 years as superintendent, died last Saturday, April 25, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Johnson volunteers to "Give Kids a Smile" Eight local elementary school students participated April 22 in the seventh annual Give Kids a Smile Day, in which they had several procedures performed by Dr. G. Terry Johnson and his staff. Top Gun expands its ministry in area Three years ago, a local church began Top Gun Ministries, a means to better serve their fellow man. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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