Todd News

A Weeksville man convicted of sexual battery five years ago following incidents involving young boys is facing new accusations that he had sexual contact with two children under the age of 13.

Call or come by and see me, or one of my team members: Russ Thorndyke or Katie Hunt.

Todd dances begin Saturday Published: 3:32 PM, 11/18/2009 by Scott Nicholson It's time to knock the cobwebs off your dancing shoes and kick up your heels in Todd.

Calling the Jones House Community Center a two-story building would be an understatement - storytelling is part of its foundation.

For residents of the Brownwood Community, located near Todd on the border of Ashe and Watauga Counties, options for eating out have generally been limited and required a drive to either Boone or West Jefferson.

Something could be in the water. The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service's Watauga County Advisory Council met Monday to discuss Operation Medicine Cabinet, an effort to collect and dispose of unused pharmaceutical drugs to keep them out of local waterways.

Former Town councilmember Bill Strom is back in the headlines, as The News & Observer is reporting that Strom has bought an apartment in New York City.

For months before his resignation on Aug. 1, former Town Council member Bill Strom denied he was planning to move back to his native New York.

With the approach of this yeara s Blue Ridge Relay, event organizers are seeking volunteers and sponsors to assist in raising funds for High Country affiliates of Habitat for Humanity.

Hundreds of bicyclists will fill the parking lot of the Ashe Civic Center in West Jefferson early on Saturday morning, all ready to tackle the challenge of 50, 75 or 100-mile rides over the hills of Ashe County during the 20th Blue Ridge Brutal.

Water rescue is the area where the Green River Fire Department has made its name.

Tangled tunes and Sheets music hit downtown Boone this Friday, as the Jones House Concerts on the Lawn series continues.

In an effort to continue to raise awareness about the New River watershed, two local water, land, and wildlife protection advocates will undertake a near month long journey that will cover the American Heritage River in its entirety.

Two local projects were among those recently receiving grants from the North Carolina Humanities Council.

The bumper stickers say, "Freedom isn't free." Fortunately, that's not the case with parades and fireworks.

Town of Boone officials told citizens during the June 23 meeting that, if the project was approved, the pump station located off Brownwood Road would be designed to look like a barn-complete with a barn quilt-set back from the river, helping ease aesthetic concerns.

Family, friends and church members are pulling together in Ashe County to help one of their own.

Boone Town council members and Ashe County commissioners met jointly last night to hear concerns and take questions from the public about Boone's proposed water intake along the New River in the Brownwood area.

By Ron Fitzwater Coming armed more with statements and manifestoes than questions, residents of Ashe and Watauga counties gathered with the Ashe County Board of Commissioners and the Boone Town Council for a town hall meeting on the proposed water intake facility in Watauga County.

Officers responded to a report of a person disturbing the peace. The victim reported a person causing him/her fear with a knife and cutting the tire on a vehicle.