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Unemployment rates fell in five High Country counties, but stayed the same in Ashe.  
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15-year-old Zack Thompson, a sophomore at Ashe County High School, recently completed the requirements to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout...  
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PO3 Justin Hodes, a 2006 graduate of Ashe County High School, was named Junior Sailor of the Quarter at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., and even got to stand behind the President during a recent speech.  
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Seven candidates are running for four spots on the Town of Lansing's Board of Aldermen.  
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Frederick P. Hammer responds to the civil suit filed by David Blevins in August, but his answers don't match comments he has previously made.  
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There's little competition in the election for the Jefferson Board of Aldermen, as three incumbents are on the ballet hoping to reclaim their three seats.  
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A raid conducted shortly after noon on Thursday, Oct. 15, exposed a home laboratory for creating methamphetamine and resulted in two arrests.  
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Ashe Mountain Times editor Ron Fitzwater discusses the pros and cons of giving H1N1 flu shots to detainees at Guantanamo Bay - even when many Americans don't have access to the shots.  
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Several ideas to save money by making the best use out of items around the house.  
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Strange news stories from around the United States topped off with a joke or two.     
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Candle wicks will be ignited for the second straight year in front of the Ashe County Courthouse in Jefferson for the second annual Sunshine Sunday Memorial Candlelight Vigil...  
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Nancy Kautz of Ashe Memorial Hospital was awarded the Mary Bobbitt-Cooke Healthy Carolinians Award on Oct. 8.  
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Casa Bella, a recently-opened pizzeria in Jefferson, offers everything from calzones and chicken wings to a full buffet of pizza, salad and pasta.  
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The Hunt Family Fiddlers will perform on Friday, Nov. 6, in West Jefferson.  
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The Ashe County 4-H program won the best display award at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh.  
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Angel Food Ministries has a variety of special rates on food specials, ranging from $21 to $30 per variety box, available in November.  
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The Ashe County Public LIbrary is offering free, one-hour classes on the basics of computers, e-mail and other topics in November.  
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Barbee Awarded Order of Long Leaf Pine

West Jefferson resident Millie Barbee was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina.


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The Ashe County Huskies varsity football team posted a giant 51-6 victory over the Forbush Falcons in East Bend to earn Head Coach Bill Strong his 200th career victory.  
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Ashe Parks and Recreation has announced they will hold a winter league for futsal, a form of indoor soccer.  
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The Wilkes Central Eages were 5-0 in conference play enterting Monday night's game against the Ashe County Huskies, but a strong performance by the Ashe defense led the Huskies to a 14-7 victory.  
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Defense was the name of the game in Sparta on Friday, Oct. 16, and the Ashe County High School varsity football team played it well enough to earn their second consecutive shutout victory  
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