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<title><![CDATA[WSJ News Regional Wilkes]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Wilkes Co. legislator dies at 90]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Former North Carolina state Rep. John Brown of Wilkes County has died at the age of 90.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Model railroad open house scheduled for Friday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Yadkin Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will have an open house at its Black Cat Station model railroad layout from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at 800 Elizabeth St. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:36:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North Wilkesboro's Light Up Downtown Christmas Celebration to take place Friday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Historic Downtown North Wilkesboro's 13th annual Light Up Downtown Christmas Celebration will run from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:31:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Term in Wilkes slaying is life]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[After deliberating for 18 minutes yesterday, an Ashe County jury convicted a man of first-degree murder in the death of his best friend, whom he shot 45 times.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man gets life in death of best friend]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[He was shot 45 times]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:27:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grant is last needed piece]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The money is now in place for a $14 million deal to preserve 1,800 acres on Ashe County's Pond Mountain.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man, 32, killed in house fire in Wilkes]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A Wilkes County man was killed yesterday afternoon in a fire at his home, authorities said.

Gary Scott Blevins, 32, died at the scene, according to authorities. The fire was reported about 2 p.m. at his home at 2034 N.C. 16 North. The fire is being investigated as an arson. Investigators with the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation were on the scene.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man, 32, dies in fire in Wilkes County]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Fire being investigated as an arson]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:03:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jury hears from psychologist]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A man who testified that he shot his best friend 45 times had been released from a psychiatric hospital just two weeks before the shooting, according to trial testimony yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man killed in North Wilkesboro crash]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A North Wilkesboro man died early this morning when his car went off the road, struck a ditch and overturned, the state Highway Patrol said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High-school memorial to honor medic, others]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[When Chris Thompson was 2 weeks old, his parents bundled him into his bassinet and took him with them as they worked the concession stand at a football game at North Wilkes High School.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Defendant in murder trial takes stand]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A man on trial for shooting his best friend 45 times took the stand in his own defense yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prosecutors count shots in murder trial]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors used numbers yesterday to paint a grisly picture in a first-degree murder trial in which the victim was shot at 45 times with a .38 caliber revolver.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Woodruff re-elected as Wilkes County Register of Deeds]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Incumbent Rick Woodruff yesterday won re-election as Wilkes County register of deeds. The Republican had 22,118 votes and was unopposed.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:25:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Republicans win seats on Wilkes board]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wilkes County voters yesterday elected three Republicans to the board of commissioners -- former Wilkesboro Commissioner Gary Blevins and incumbent County Commissioners Keith Elmore and Charlie Sink.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans win seats on Wilkes County board]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wilkes County voters have elected three Republicans to the board of commissioners — former Wilkesboro commissioner Gary Blevins and incumbent county commissioners Keith Elmore and Charlie Sink.

In most election years, the Republican victory might have been a foregone conclusion in a county where Republicans outnumber Democrats nearly 2 to 1.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:28:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early voting today extended by 4 hours]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Faced with a state order to hold a meeting or face suspension, members of the Forsyth County Board of Elections voted 2-1 yesterday to extend the hours for early voting to 5 p.m. today.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business recruiting, new jail key issues in Wilkes]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/25/business-recruiting-new-jail-key-issues-in-wilkes/news-regional-wilkes/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Overhauling the agency that recruits jobs and industries to Wilkes County and paying for a new jail are among the big issues in this year's race for three seats on the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Convicted ex-official outspending his rivals]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The most visible and controversial local election campaign in Wilkes County doesn't belong to a Democrat or Republican this year, but to an unaffiliated candidate.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man killed in tree-trimming accident]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A Wilkes County man was killed in a tree-cutting accident yesterday when he was struck by a limb that bounced after it hit the ground, authorities said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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