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<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/03/032218/local-election-results/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Election results from the local Nov. 3, 2009 general election.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Site for Sore Eyes: Forestry office named for man who has prepared for it for 45 years]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/oct/15/site-for-sore-eyes-forestry-office-named-for-man-w/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It was 1964.

And Luther "Junior" Anderson had a job fighting forest fires in Ashe County and helping develop the area's Christmas-tree industry when one of his bosses at the N.C. Forest Service made a suggestion.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ashe historical group tries to save cemeteries]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/30/ashe-historical-group-tries-to-save-cemeteries/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bids fill air in Ashe: Personal items of ex-lawyer sold]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/20/bids-fill-air-in-ashe/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Sam Snyder of Granite Falls is an ex-drag racer whose car burned up in a garage fire two years ago.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ashe County taking steps to operate air port]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/17/ashe-county-taking-steps-operate-air-port/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Ashe County officials yesterday said they would take steps to make the county the fixed base operator at the Ashe County Airport, making the county responsible for providing or contracting for airport services such as fuel and oil.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:08:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Killer made family turn over reward offer before revealing location of man's body]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/05/killer-made-family-turn-over-reward-offer-revealin/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Freddie Hammer told authorities he'd killed Jimmy Blevins, shot him in the head and covered the body with debris.

But he wanted something before he'd tell them where.

Blevins' family had offered a $15,000 reward for information leading to their son. Hammer wanted the money.

The request infuriated investigators.

"It's despicable," said Ashe County Sheriff James Williams. "Basically he's blackmailing the family for the reward money for killing their son."
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Body dug up in Ashe County is believed to be Jimmy Blevins, a man missing since 2007]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/04/body-dug-ashe-county-believed-be-jimmy-blevins-man/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Authorities dug up a body yesterday in Ashe County and believe the remains are those of Jimmy Blevins, a man missing since 2007, said Ashe County Sheriff James Williams.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:17:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At Peace: Camp a refuge for U.S., Israeli, Palestinian boys]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jul/25/at-peace-camp-a-refuge-for-us-israeli-palestinian-/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The boys are Israeli, Palestinian and American, and have come together for a week of summer camp and fellowship at Camp Elk Shoals along the South Fork of the New River.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Artists' Oasis: School established by woman's trust offers 40-plus classes in second season]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jul/23/artists-oasis-school-established-by-womans-trust-o/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Friends say that the late Ashe County artist Florence Thomas would have been pleased with the art school that bears her name and is in the midst of its first full season.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['A Social Hub': Renovated library is packing them in]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jul/09/a-social-hub-renovated-library-is-packing-them-in/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Stacy Greer and daughters Savannah, 5, and Sierra, 3, were regular visitors to the old Ashe County Public Library, but looked in wonder at the newly visible mountain views and spacious atrium yesterday during their first visit to the renovated building.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investigators suspend search for missing Ashe man's remains]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jun/23/investigators-suspend-search-missing-ashe-mans-rem/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Investigators today called off their search for the remains of an Ashe County man missing since Feb. 24, 2007 after digging up about 100 feet of Smithey Road, beside the North Fork of the New River.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:54:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Part of road in Ashe is dug up in search for missing man's remains]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jun/23/part-of-road-in-ashe-is-dug-up-in-search-for-missi/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Investigators looked on as a track hoe dug up a portion of Smithey Road beside the North Fork of the New River yesterday in a search for the remains of an Ashe County man missing since Feb. 24, 2007.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investigators dig up road in search for body]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jun/22/investigators-dig-road-search-body/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Investigators looked on as a track hoe dug up a portion of Smithey Road beside the North Fork of the New River today in a search for the remains of an Ashe County man missing since Feb. 24, 2007.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:04:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's all local at Ashe farmers market]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jun/20/its-all-local-at-ashe-farmers-market/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Chef Rick Caine usually works his culinary skills at Frasers restaurant downtown, but today he's taking it outside for a pre-Father's Day grilling demonstration at the Ashe County Farmers' Market.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ashe County man pleads guilty in triple slaying at Christmas tree farm; sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/may/22/ashe-county-man-pleads-guilty-triple-slaying-chris/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[An Ashe County man facing capital-murder charges in connection with a triple killing at a Grayson County Christmas-tree farm pleaded guilty this morning to five counts of capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 May 2009 13:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[West Jefferson awarded $20,000 in state bike and pedestrian planning money]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/may/10/west-jefferson-awarded-20000-state-bike-and-pedest/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[State transportation officials have awarded West Jefferson $20,000 for bicycle and pedestrian planning.
The money was part of a $315,850 pot that went to 12 municipalities across the state.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 May 2009 16:42:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Judge OKs lower insurance-rate rises]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/may/01/judge-oks-lower-insurance-rate-rises/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Homeowners in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina will face a smaller increase on their insurance rates, if not a slight decline, beginning today.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lines keep growing at jobs office]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/apr/02/lines-keep-growing-at-jobs-office/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Like most Triad employment officials and residents, Anne Bowlin can't put her finger directly on what's causing the dramatic increase in job losses in the Triad. All she knows is that the unemployment rate in the Triad -- which rose to 11.5 percent in February -- appears accurate because the lines keep getting longer in her offices at the N.C. Employment Security Commission.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man dies in Ashe County crash]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/mar/27/man-dies-ashe-county-crash/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A man was killed in a single-car crash in Ashe County yesterday, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:25:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hammer murder trial awaits defense-team investigative work]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jan/10/hammer-murder-trial-awaits-defense-team-investigat/news-regional-ashe/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A trial date for a man accused of killing three people on a Christmas-tree farm in Grayson County, Va., will not be set until defense attorneys finish their investigation, a judge said yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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