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February 4, 2010  RSS feed
A standing-room-only crowd filled a meeting room at The Pope Center for last Friday’s Washington City Council retreat, and city leaders tried to clear the air about the future of a proposed city-backed hotel project, and of proposed changes to the city’s form of government. More...

Joshua Fair, a senior at Washington Wilkes Comprehensive High School, has been chosen this year’s STAR Student. He has chosen science teacher Jennifer Atkinson as his STAR teacher, and the two will be honored at a Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce breakfast Tuesday, February 16, at 8 a.m. at The Fitzpatrick Hotel. More...

Unemployment in Wilkes County went down slightly in December, dropping to 11.5 percent from 11.9 percent, but still higher than the state and national average rates. More...

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Sunday night was the first fifth Sunday in the new year and youth church leaders in the county took advantage of it to begin what they hope to continue on every fifth Sunday during the year. More...
What do you do if you’re stuck driving a recalled Toyota? Toyota Motor Corp. said on Monday that it has already begun shipping a fix to the sticky gas pedal problem that forced the company to recall millions of vehicles and stop selling eight popular models. More...
TO THE EDITOR: I attended the City Council Retreat last Friday. Some things that were discussed I can understand and some I simply cannot. More...
A graveside memorial service for Oliver Tomlinson Myers Jr., 80, of Sims Street, Washington, was held Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. Denny Moss officiating, followed immediately by a memorial service at the Church of the Mediator, Washington. He died Thursday, January 28, at Wills Memorial Hospital. More...
Terry Kenney of Lexington became the full-time pastor of County Line Baptist Church at Philomath on Sunday, January 24. More...
Mackenzie Marie Justice Mark and Roxane Justice of Rayle announce the adoption of their daughter, Mackenzie Marie, who was born Tuesday, January 26. Mackenzie weighed 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 20 inches long. She has two brothers, Ryen Scarboro, 18, and Nicholas Justice, 14. Maternal grandparents are Art and Helen Adams of Rayle. More...
The Bereavement Support Group sponsored by Wills Memorial Hospital will meet Wednesday, February 10, at 1 p.m., in the hospital library. The meeting is open to the public and focuses on the sharing of experiences and changes to More...

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