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<title><![CDATA[Florida man dies in collision on U.S. 21]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A Florida man died yesterday when he drove his pickup the wrong way on U.S. 21 near Interstate 77 in Elkin and collided with a tractor-trailer, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:47:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mother keeps son's memory]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Four years ago today, Tim Shatley was shot to death near a bridge over the North Fork of the New River.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Elkin woman dies after trouble during undersea dive in Florida]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[An Elkin woman died at a Florida hospital Fridayafter she had trouble while on a commercial dive, WGHP/FOX8 reported.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:25:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gift-giver groups try to hang on this year]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[People who run Christmas programs in Wilkes County that provide presents to children in need know that the next few weeks will be rough.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Back on Track: 200 brave rain to hear about plans to bring racing back to North Wilkesboro Speedway]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Junior Johnson was there, and Bobby Allison and Ned Jarrett and other former drivers. Race engines were revved up, and firetruck sirens wailed.People leaving the infield garage took up an offer to drive a lap around North Wilkesboro Speedway.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilkes mother, daughter killed on way to school]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A Wilkes County kindergarten student and her mother were killed in a head-on collision yesterday morning as they were driving to school.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Crash kills Wilkes mother, child on way to school]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A kindergarten student and her mother died after a head-on collision on the way to school this morning in Wilkes County, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:36:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MerleFest 2010 tickets on sale Tuesday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The box office for MerleFest 2010 opens at 2 p.m. today. Tickets purchases can be made at www.merlefest.org or at 1-800-343-7857. MerleFest is April 29-May 2, 1010.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:58:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Racing company that's organizing events at North Wilkesboro speedway to announce plans]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The public is invited to a news conference at 1:30 p.m. today at North Wilkesboro Speedway to hear about plans for upcoming races and other events there, organizers say. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:31:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Few sales force delay]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wilkes County commissioners are postponing a revaluation scheduled for 2011 after hearing that real-estate sales have been so sluggish the county doesn't have enough data to make wide-scale appraisals.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilkes board scales back plans for jail]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wilkes County commissioners agreed yesterday to move forward with plans for a new 256-bed jail.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Local ]]></title>

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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[Man says he did what he 'should have done']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Jason Norman was on his way to work when he saw the fire and the smoke billowing from the house. He stopped his car and spoke to a woman who was sitting in the road holding a baby. Her parents were still inside, she told him.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New tool, new hope]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Project Lazarus is preparing to distribute anti-overdose kits to people who are at risk of prescription-drug overdoses.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Wilkes jail up in air  as board debates options]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wilkes County commissioners can't agree to spend an estimated $26 million to build a 298-bed jail and law-enforcement center, so they are looking at shorter-term, less expensive options to relieve jail overcrowding.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[House fire injures North Wilkesboro couple]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A North Wilkesboro couple were injured yesterday in a fire at their home at 605 Peden St. 

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:37:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Story about killing shifts: Hammer now says he did not kill his nephew]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Freddie Hammer, who told authorities where to find the body of a missing Ashe County man in August, now says he didn't kill him, according to court documents filed in a civil lawsuit. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Still a Mystery: A year after Wilkes County man disappers with little trace, his mother believes he must be dead]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The day he disappeared, Jeff Combs left three pork chops frying on the stove.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:22:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilkesboro's most-haunted: Hunting for ghosts will be part of weekend's paranormal gathering]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Tom Dula was hanged in Statesville for the murder of Laura Foster in 1868, but while he awaited trial, he was held for a time in the old Wilkes jail, in a cell adjacent to that of his alleged lover, Anne Foster Melton.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moonshine Memories: Bootleggers and  revenuers get together on Wilkes County farm to recount their rivalry]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[By the time ATF agent Bob Powell served in Wilkes County in the 1970s, Junior Johnson had long since left moonshine running for NASCAR.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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