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<p>Photo submitted | Jefferson Post</p><p>Northwestern Emergency Vehicles of Jefferson received top dealer award during the National Dealer Conference. (From left to right) Randy Barr, David Hudler, Mark Van Arnam and Richard Hamby.</p>
AEV holds National Dealer Conference
AEV was celebrated as the largest organization of ambulance dealers in the United States at the National Dealer organization conference held at Jefferson Landing on May 7 and 8. “The AEV dealer group is the largest organization of ambulance dealers in the US,” said Mark Van Arnam, CEO of AEV. “Our dealer network is responsible for selling approximately one out of every five ambulances delivered annually in the U.S. This partnership brings...
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<p>Cliff Clark | Jefferson Post</p><p>Ashe County Manager Dr. Pat Mitchell addressed the 2013 Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Tuesday at West Jefferson United Methodist Church.</p>
County manager addresses Chamber luncheon
Ashe County Manager Dr. Pat Mitchell gave a “state of the county” address at the 2013 Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Tuesday at West Jefferson United Methodist Church, giving an overview of her fiscal year 2014 budget proposal, and speaking on local government’s role in community progress. “I believe Ashe County is a great place to be,” Mitchell said to the luncheon’s approximately 90 attendees. “Local government, I believe, has an importan...
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<p>James Howell | Jefferson Post</p><p>Ashe County Manager Dr. Pat Mitchell presented the 2013-14 budget to the commissioners during their Monday meeting.</p>
County manager presents draft budget
Ashe County Manager Dr. Pat Mitchell presented her proposed $33 million budget for 2013-14 to the Ashe County Board of Commissioners on Monday. The board will kick off a set of meetings beginning on June 3 to evaluate the 2013-14 budget, ending on June 18 with a public hearing to adopt the budget. “This year’s budget process has been time consuming, as it is every year, but I believe I’m presenting to you a solid spending plan for the cou...
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<p>Photo submitted | Jefferson Post</p><p>John Burnett, from Jefferson, has been treated at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital for Stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma since mid-December.</p>
John Burnett: Kindness Rules the Day
John Burnett fully “gets” the power of kindness, as both a deliberate giver and as an unexpected, but ever-grateful receiver. “The least expensive thing in the world is a word of kindness,” said John, 64, of Jefferson, N.C., in Ashe County. “It is a most individual thing. And it quickly gets to be a habit without much practice. More should try it.” In his days of full-time work as an independent elder care coordinator, John lived in Chape...
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Legislative update: Law enforcement to sell firearms?
May 17 Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law a bill providing for on-site disposal of demolition debris at decommissioned industrial facilities. This week the N.C. Senate considers a bill requiring law enforcement agencies to sell or donate unclaimed firearms, while a bill outlawing direct Internet marketing of motor vehicles to N.C. customers met with protests by a car manufacturer affected by the legislation. The General Assembly passed its ...
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Tax Administrator Keith Little discussed the "Tax and Tag Together" program with the Ashe County Board of Commissioners during Monday's planning meeting.
Little offers Tax and Tag program update
North Carolina’s new vehicle “Tag and Tax Together” program will be delayed once again, pushing the program’s implentented to September rather than July. “As of right now, this process will go into effect for September renewals, or any new registration after Sept. 1,” said Ashe County Tax Administrator Keith Little to the Ashe County Commissioners during a Monday meeting.. Tax and Tag Together will enable drivers to conveniently pay vehic...
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<p>James Howell | Jefferson Post</p><p>Many summer visitors lodge in second homes, and enjoy the nice weather and laid-back atmosphere of the mountains.</p>
Summer population swell
Each summer, Ashe County’s population swells with seasonal visitors arriving to escape the heat and enjoy the mountain weather. According to information from the United States’ Census Bureau, Ashe County’s population swelled by approximately 8,540 people during the summer of 2010. “The Census puts out a count of seasonal housing units and we can make an assumption on a population swell during the summer months based on those numbers,” sai...
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32nd annual New River Canoe Race June 1
Since 1981, the New River Canoe Race has been a tradition for families all over the Carolinas and beyond. On June 1, 2013, the 32nd annual New River Canoe Race, which is being sponsored by Friends of High Country State Parks, will once again bring excitement and a great outing for Ashe County. The race couldn’t happen without major support from several local businesses, including Zaloo’s Canoes, Footsloggers, RiverCamp USA, Elkland Handwe...
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<p>Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post</p><p>New River Organic Growers Executive Director Caleb Crowell and President Sally Thiel will be supplying restaurants and grocery stores in the region with organic High Country farm products through their new distribution center in Fleetwood.</p>
NROG opens distribution facility in Ashe County
New River Organic Growers (NROG) is pleased to announce the opening of their first distribution facility in Ashe County A nonprofit farmers co-op established in 2000, NROG has, until now, worked as a pick-up-and-delivery operation, according to Executive Director Caleb Crowell. Meat and produce was taken directly from farmers to buyers on a route system. “We’ve got a refrigerated truck we bought with a Golden LEAF grant,” Crowell said. ...
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High Country Caregiver Foundation honors Ashe family, kinship caregivers
At a time when hospitals are releasing patients earlier, the elderly are living longer with many chronic illnesses and the traditional family unit is ever changing, more family members are faced with providing care for their loved ones. In an effort to acknowledge, assist, inform and show our appreciation for Ashe County family and kinship caregivers, the High Country Caregiver Foundation will be hosting two events in Ashe County. An apprec...
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