Lansing News

On Monday, June 29, the Ashe County Board of Commissioners passed the anticipated 2009-10 county budget, with very few changes from the previous year.

Shane Duncan sat in the back of Lansing Town Hall on Monday, June 8, ready to take his oath of office as the newest member of the Lansing Board of Aldermen.

A shooting on Mulatto Mountain Road in West Jefferson almost turned fatal on the night of Thursday, May 21, when the 911 Center received a call at approximately 11:42 p.m. regarding "shots being fire into an occupied dwelling," said Ashe County Sheriff James Williams.

The late-night theft of two vehicles from G & S Auto Sales in West Jefferson led to the arrest of three local teenagers on Tuesday, April 21.

By now everyone who cares should be able to find official or media estimates of attendance at tea parties in cities they care about.

Just like West Jefferson has done, residents of Lansing have undertaken a revamping of their town through the North Carolina Rural Centera s Small Towns Economic Prosperity demonstration program.

Various community fundraisers spearheaded by the Ashe County Middle School Pool Project are now underway to help raise $83,000 to save the schoola s swimming pool, which has fallen out of compliance with state regulations.

This is the second installment of a two-part series that features the testimony of Elliott Osowitt and the im-pact of Bibles placed by Gideons.

Although Larry Blevins reports that business at Larry's Satellite and TV in Lansing is going pretty well for him, in spite of the current national economic problems, the people gathered inside the business on ...

A domestic dispute fueled by alcohol almost claimed the life of 23-year-old Kenny Wayne Miller.

One of Ashe Countya s own has been inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame as Ola Belle Reed of Grassy Creek will join five other musicians in the halla s class of 2009.

A domestic dispute between two cousins on Big Windfall Road in Lansing resulted in a near homicide last Wednesday night, authorities said.

Billy and Melissa Napier had a meeting with the principal of Blue Ridge claiming that their daughter was being bullied because her grades had slipped and she was depressed.

Community Grant program. This money will be used as part of an on-going Museum commitment to provide audio-visual equipment for presentations to school and community groups, as well as for in-house displays.

Bina Baker DeBord Orr celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 11. A special party with family and friends took place Dec.