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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Secures New Commitments From WeChat To Combat Fentanyl Money Laundering

According to a news release from the North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ), fentanyl kills about six North Carolinians a day and over 100 Americans a day. Billions of ...
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Restores More Than $2.5 Million In Public School Funds

Attorney General Jeff Jackson secured an agreement to restore $2.5 million in federal education funds for the remainder of this school year benefitting North Carolina public schools through the ...
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Authorities Investigating Reported Assault Of Woman Near Park

A reported assault near a park is under investigation. On Tuesday (March 10), shortly before 11 a.m., the Watauga County ...
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Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Rallies to Defeat USC-Aiken

The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball team opened up a 9-1 lead after three innings but saw the lead evaporate as visiting USC Aiken ...
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Statewide Mental Health Bed Registry Connects People In Crisis To Care

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday (March 12) announced major updates to the statewide online mental health bed registry that will reduce wait times ...
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Lenoir-Rhyne’s El Earns All-Region Honors

Aaliyah El has been named to the D2CCA All-Region First Team, as voted on by the regions’ media personnel. The junior from Charlotte, N.C., is the team leader with an average of 17.5 ppg on .515 ...
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Conover Receives More Than One Million Dollars In Grant Funding For Multiple Projects

The City of Conover has secured more than $1.29 million in competitive state grant funding in the past 45 days. According to a news release from the city, the ...
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Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Tennis Suffers First Loss of Spring Season

The Lenoir-Rhyne women’s tennis team fell on the road on Wednesday morning, dropping a 5-2 non-conference match against #33 Flagler. The Bears fall to 7–1 on the season. Lenoir-Rhyne ...
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LR Men’s Tennis Falls to Third Ranked Glagler

The Lenoir-Rhyne men’s tennis team suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday afternoon, falling 4–0 at #3 Flagler. This loss drops the Bears to 5-1 on the ...
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Lenoir Man Charged With Illegal Discharging Of Firearm

Adrian Marquez of Yellow Jacket Lane in Lenoir was arrested Wednesday (March 11) by Lenoir Police Officers. He’s charged with felony discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling ...
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Luczynski Adds All-Region Honors to His Honors

Lenoir-Rhyne men’s basketball junior Conrad Luczynski has been named to the D2CCA All-Region Second Team, as voted by the regions’ athletic media personnel. The big man from Bartlett, Illinois, ...
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One Vehicle Crash Claims Man’s Life

A Watauga County man was killed in a crash in Alleghany County. The deceased is 72-year-old Richard Lee Goodwin of Boone. On Thursday (March 12), shortly before 11 a.m., ...