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54,293 Wilkes tax bills sent out
Wilkes County taxpayers should receive their personal property and real estate tax bills tomorrow or early next week.
According to Wilkes County Tax Administrator Alex Hamilton, 54,293 bills went into the mail today.
Hamilton said that the county is billing on a total property value of $4,938,993,209. At the new tax rate of 65 cents per $100 valuation (an increase from 57 cents), the county would collect a total of $32,103,573.91 with a 100 percent collection rate ... read more |
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Accidents down on section of 421 in Wilkesboro
Traffic accidents on the stretch of U.S. 421 between the Brushy Mountain Road interchange and the Holiness Church Road intersection decreased in the first six months of 2010, reported Wilkesboro Police Chief Robert Bowlin.
Bowlin said there were 99 wrecks between Jan. 1 and July 1 of this year, compared to 119 in the first half of 2009.
He shared these and other statistics in a report on a program funded last year with an N.C. Governor's Highway Safety grant of $1 ... read more |
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Sunday morning breakfast served
(Photo caption) VOLUNTEERS for Fountain of Life Pentecostal Church’s breakfast include John Coleman, director; Karen Ester and Vicki Goulds.
Routinely most churches have busy Sundays, but for one local church some Sundays are on a high level of activity.
Fountain of Life Pentecostal Church, located at 2512 Brushy Mountain Road, has been serving breakfast several times a year to people in need and the community since 2003, meaning over 5,000 bre ... read more |
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Scouts at Raven Knob during tornado Monday
Two Boy Scout troops from Wilkes County weren't among parts of Camp Raven Knob in northwestern Surry County that received the most damage from a tornado that touched down just north of the camp Monday night.
Leaders of Troops 336 and 340 said a few trees and limbs fell near their campsites. Roaring River United Methodist Church sponsors Troop 340 and North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church sponsors Troop 336.
There were close calls but no injuries elsewhere in Camp R ... read more |
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WCC teacher wins second place
Wilkes Community College instructor Cinnamon Martin has won second place in the American Psychological Association's Teaching Tips Contest.
The Teaching Tips Contest is sponsored by the American Psychological Association's Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges Committee (PT@CC). It is part of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the Education Directorate.
Community College Teachers who are members of the APA ... read more |
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Vandalism spree is under investigation
Investigators believe a vandalism spree that occurred Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning in the Wilkesboros and outside the towns involved marbles being fired from a slingshot.
At least three incidents occurred in Wilkesboro and at least one each in North Wilkesboro and outside the Wilkesboros, according to Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro police departments and Wilkes Sheriff's Department investigative reports.
The sheriff's department is investigating Gary ... read more |
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School board to meet Monday
A special Wilkes Board of Education meeting planned July 26 and then postponed is now scheduled for 11 a.m. Aug. 2 at the school board meeting room on Cherry Street, North Wilkesboro.
The meeting is for a personnel matter and an unrelated bond forfeiture.
Although school officials say they can't identify the specific personnel topic, the Wilkes Journal-Patriot learned that the board will hear Tommy Johnson's request to be rehired as North Wilkes High School varsit ... read more |
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