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		<title>Church calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, Feb. 10 • 6 p.m. – Swaims Baptist Church Ladies Auxiliary will be having a “Valenitne Dinner”. Spaghetti, Lasagna, salad, deserts and drinks will be servered. The fundraiser will be held...
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		<title>County agrees to administer grant for regional economic development plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Surry County Board of Commissioners agreed last week to administer the grant for a regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy project, part of a statewide initiative to create an economic development strategy for North Carolina.]]></description>
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		<title>TV show on Surry Music draws rave reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old-time musicians Frank Bode, left, and Benton Flippen discuss a new public television production, "Music of Surry County," during its premiere in Mount Airy Monday night.]]></description>
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		<title>Author unveils &#8211; Images of Mount Airy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The James Hadley House on Pine Street, considered one of the oldest and finest examples of local granite and Victorian architecture, is on the cover of the new book "Images of Mount Airy, North Carolina." With Mount Airy set to celebrate Mayberry Days,...]]></description>
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		<title>Tommy Jarrell Festival Dance brings out a crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Tommy Jarrell Festival kicked off on Thursday, Friday night the Old-Time Music Heritage Hall was bustling with those who came out to celebrate his life by kicking up their heels and dancing to the music of the Slate Mountain Ramblers.]]></description>
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		<title>Retired fire truck to go pink for cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A retired fire truck belonging to Lake Norman Fire Department will soon be sporting a new coat of pink paint in an effort to raise funds for women's cancer research.]]></description>
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		<title>Scene and Heard: Stories of heart disease get personal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's big event is the Super Bowl, but the team color of choice was red for Friday's "Go Red" luncheon at Forsyth Medical Center. One of the kickoff events for "Go Red" month &#8212; an effort to promote awareness of cardiovascular disease in women &#38;...]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Silver Dollar Waller&#039; turns his passion for engines into a career</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to family lore, the first word out of little Larry Waller's mouth was "tractor."]]></description>
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		<title>Calamities driving population changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the time a baby born today graduates from high school, whites will no longer be the majority demographic group in Forsyth County, and Hispanics will replace blacks as the largest minority, according to a demographic report from Winston-Salem State U...]]></description>
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		<title>Texting, social media prove problematic for teachers across the country</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world that includes 24-hour access to communication &#8212; cellphones, text messaging, social media websites, email &#8212; the question of whether teachers should text their students is one of the most thorny and divisive facing educators, exper...]]></description>
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		<title>Business Milestones</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/05/business-milestones-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AT&#38;T has appointed Jim Tarman as the regional director of external affairs for the Piedmont Triad.&#160;]]></description>
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		<title>A soldier&#039;s prayer for a happy life comes true</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the central highlands of Vietnam, Mike Mabe crept through the darkened jungles and rice paddies on patrol, his hands gripping an M-16 assault rifle.]]></description>
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		<title>State and local briefs for Feb. 5</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/05/state-and-local-briefs-for-feb-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children hurt in fire remain hospitalized]]></description>
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		<title>Toddler&#039;s great-aunt charged with killing her</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The great-aunt of a 15-month-old baby has been charged in the girl's death after a yearlong investigation.]]></description>
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		<title>From war to farming, Woolsey carved his own path</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most days, Wayne Woosley wakes before sunrise, slips into a pair of overalls and boots, slaps a straw hat atop a head of long white and ginger curls, and tends to what needs tending.]]></description>
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		<title>Scene and Heard: Stories of heart disease get personal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's big event is the Super Bowl, but the team color of choice was red for Friday's "Go Red" luncheon at Forsyth Medical Center. One of the kickoff events for "Go Red" month &#8212; an effort to promote awareness of cardiovascular disease in women &#38;...]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Silver Dollar Waller&#039; turns his passion for engines into a career</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to family lore, the first word out of little Larry Waller's mouth was "tractor."]]></description>
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		<title>Kids keep music tradition alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who think rap, hip hop or rock are the only kinds of music young people appreciate today would have been in for a big surprise Saturday afternoon in Mount Airy.]]></description>
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		<title>Born on the same day, three country boys find friendship as adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 7, 1947, Mike Mabe and Wayne Woosley's newborn wails filled the delivery room at the old City Hospital. About 25 miles away, Larry Waller's echoed throughout the family homeplace in Stokes County.]]></description>
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		<title>40-year-old unsolved triple murder still haunts law enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago, in a howling snowstorm that covered tracks and swallowed screams, three members of a family were killed in a brutal case that's still unsolved.]]></description>
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		<title>Howell resigns as Main Street manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It came as quite a surprise to Elkin officials and downtown business owners when they heard of the resignation of Teresa Howell from her position as Main Street manager.]]></description>
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		<title>Elkin city manager plays down talk of new industry relocating here</title>
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		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-city-manager-plays-down-talk-of-new-industry-relocating-here-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The staff and department heads of the Town of Elkin are in preparation stage of developing the 2010-2011 budget.]]></description>
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		<title>The Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/the-year-in-review-5/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/the-year-in-review-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It will only be a few more months and the last portion of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Bridge will be removed.]]></description>
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		<title>Police arrest Troutman man after exposing himself</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/police-arrest-troutman-man-after-exposing-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/police-arrest-troutman-man-after-exposing-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["When the suspect approached the counter to purchase an item, he had his pants pulled down in the front with his shirt over top of them," according to the report.]]></description>
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		<title>Another opinion on Perdue&#8217;s decision</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/another-opinion-on-perdues-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(RALEIGH) -- Observers are still shocked by Gov. Bev Perdue's announcement over a week ago that she would not seek a second term. State Director of Americans for Prosperity Dallas Woodhouse said Perdue saw the handwriting on the wall.
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		<title>The Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/the-year-in-review-4/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/the-year-in-review-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It will only be a few more months and the last portion of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Bridge will be removed.]]></description>
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		<title>Elkin representative joins N.C. Downtown Association board of directors</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-representative-joins-n-c-downtown-association-board-of-directors-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theresa Knops, Main Street and community manager for the town of Elkin, has been elected to be on the North Carolina Downtown Development Association board of directors.]]></description>
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		<title>Elkin city manager plays down talk of new industry relocating here</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-city-manager-plays-down-talk-of-new-industry-relocating-here-2/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-city-manager-plays-down-talk-of-new-industry-relocating-here-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The staff and department heads of the Town of Elkin are in preparation stage of developing the 2010-2011 budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Elkin representative joins N.C. Downtown Association board of directors</title>
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		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-representative-joins-n-c-downtown-association-board-of-directors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theresa Knops, Main Street and community manager for the town of Elkin, has been elected to be on the North Carolina Downtown Development Association (NCDDA) board of directors. The honor could ...
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		<title>Elkin Elementary student meet Wake Forest basketball team</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-elementary-student-meet-wake-forest-basketball-team/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/elkin-elementary-student-meet-wake-forest-basketball-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilkes County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, 20 sixth grader students from Elkin Elementary School attended the Wake Forest versus Florida State men’s basketball game and met various Wake Forest Athletes. The sixth graders who a...
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		<title>Humane Society looks to future</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/humane-society-looks-to-future-2/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/humane-society-looks-to-future-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashe County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special to the Post Over the past four years, the Ashe County Humane Society has made great strides in its effort to build a licensed animal care facility in the county.]]></description>
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		<title>Humane Society looks to future</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/humane-society-looks-to-future/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/humane-society-looks-to-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashe County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special to the Post Over the past four years, the Ashe County Humane Society has made great strides in its effort to build a licensed animal care facility in the county.]]></description>
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		<title>Reception tonight welcomes Twin Rivers student artists</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/reception-tonight-welcomes-twin-rivers-student-artists/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/reception-tonight-welcomes-twin-rivers-student-artists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quilt of faces: That's what you can expect today at the Jones House in downtown Boone as Two Rivers Community School showcases its art for the community.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed noise ordinance continues to draw concern</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/proposed-noise-ordinance-continues-to-draw-concern-2/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/proposed-noise-ordinance-continues-to-draw-concern-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Watauga County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hastily organized meeting of "Citizens For A Reasonable Noise Ordinance" was to give community members a chance to talk about a community-contested noise ordinance, on Boone Town Council agendas since August.]]></description>
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		<title>Humane Society</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/humane-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashe County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the Editor: The Humane Society wants to thank Jessica Lawrence for her kind words regarding the recent Polar Plunge and her participation.]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. Supreme Court declines to consider city&#039;s appeal in Silk Plant Forest case</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/n-c-supreme-court-declines-to-consider-citys-appeal-in-silk-plant-forest-case-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The N.C. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's ruling that blocked the public release of statements that Winston-Salem police officers made to a citizens committee looking into a police investigation of a 1995 assault on a pregnant store...]]></description>
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		<title>The State</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/the-state-36/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two killed as car plunges off overpass in Lexington]]></description>
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		<title>Laptop of health care provider stolen</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/laptop-of-health-care-provider-stolen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilkes County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer stolen from a local behavioral-health provider on Dec. 13 contained medical data for 2,070 individuals in Davie, Forsyth and Stokes counties, the provider said Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Students learn to &#039;read anywhere&#039; – even on an exercise bike</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/04/students-learn-to-read-anywhere-even-on-an-exercise-bike-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilkes County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a trailer behind Ward Elementary School, students may be doing two of the best things they can for their future: reading and exercising.]]></description>
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		<title>Kilby delivers keynote address at EDP meeting</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/kilby-delivers-keynote-address-at-edp-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/kilby-delivers-keynote-address-at-edp-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surry County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surry County Economic Development Partnership President Todd Tucker gives the president's remarks during the 2012 annual meeting of the partnership on Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Injured children alone in home fire</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/injured-children-alone-in-home-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilkes County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winston-Salem police are investigating why two children critically injured in a fire Thursday night were left alone.]]></description>
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		<title>BB&amp;T buys insurance company for $570M</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Second man arrested Friday for murder in Jimmy Shore&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/second-man-arrested-friday-for-murder-in-jimmy-shores-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
							

A second man was arrested Friday afternoon on a murder charge in
the Dec. 20 shooting death of James Allen “Jimmy” Shore Jr., 51, of
Wiles Ridge Road in Hays, said Wilkes Sheriff Chris Shew.

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		<title>40-year-old unsolved triple murder still haunts law enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago, in a howling snowstorm that covered tracks and swallowed screams, three members of a family were killed in a brutal case that's still unsolved.]]></description>
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		<title>NCNR celebrates new headquarters</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/ncnr-celebrates-new-headquarters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashe County Chamber of Commerce welcomed the National Committee for the New River to their new headquarters in downtown West Jefferson Friday afternoon with a ribbon cutting ceremony.]]></description>
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		<title>40-year-old unsolved triple murder still haunts law enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago, in a howling snowstorm that covered tracks and swallowed screams, three members of a family were killed in a brutal case that's still unsolved.]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. Supreme Court declines to consider city&#039;s appeal in Silk Plant Forest case</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Flow Automotive selling Fisker, at $100,000, and Lotus, at $65,000 to $80,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the dealership on Stratford Road where Flow Automotive used to sell Hummers and Saabs, it's now selling two new brands with price tags that aren't for the faint-hearted.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Park residents upset over UNCSA&#039;s plans for storage warehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Washington Park residents upset over UNCSA&#039;s plans for storage warehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wilkes man will not be charged in shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Wilkes County man who called 911 to report hearing voices outside his building on Nov.]]></description>
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		<title>Wilkes man will not be charged in shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Wilkes County man who called 911 to report hearing voices outside his building on Nov.]]></description>
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		<title>40-year-old unsolved triple murder still haunts law enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago, in a howling snowstorm that covered tracks and swallowed screams, three members of a family were killed in a brutal case that's still unsolved.]]></description>
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		<title>Humane Society pets to adopt</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/humane-society-pets-to-adopt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashe County Humane Society 336-982-4297...www.ashehumanesociety.org Adoption Day: Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. directly in front of the National Guard Armory, Old Hwy 16, Jefferson ****PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS**** "Lucy" is a sweet female black la...]]></description>
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		<title>Wilkes man will not be charged in shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A Wilkes County man who called 911 to report hearing voices outside his building on Nov. 5 and then shot two intruders, killing one of them, will not be charged, authorities said.]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation conference, TED, will come to Wake Forest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEDx, an offshoot of the popular TED talks, is coming to Wake Forest University.]]></description>
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		<title>Groundhog issues winter&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sugar Grove Slim made his annual appearance at the Watauga Democrat office - a Groundhog's Day tradition.]]></description>
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		<title>Elkin seniors bid farewell in ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELKIN - Twenty-four graduation-bound seniors were honored Tuesday night during Senior Night festivities during halftime of the Elks’ matchup with Ashe County. Five cheerleaders, three swimmers, ...
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		<title>Awareness spurs New River excursion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to continue to raise awareness about the New River watershed, two local water, land, and wildlife protection advocates will undertake a near month long journey that will cover the American Heritage River in its entirety.]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to grant, pit bulls will catch a break</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pit bulls in Iredell County are getting a second chance, thanks to a large PetSmart Charities Grant awarded to the Humane Society of Iredell County .]]></description>
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		<title>Students learn to &#039;read anywhere&#039; &#8211; even on an exercise bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a trailer behind Ward Elementary School, students may be doing two of  the best things they can for their future: reading and exercising.]]></description>
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		<title>The front page was not for sale&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The front page was not for sale&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The front page was not for sale&#8217;</title>
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		<title>Two Forsyth County cases under the Racial Justice Act not to be heard until 2014</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/two-forsyth-county-cases-under-the-racial-justice-act-not-to-be-heard-until-2014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two men from Forsyth County will have to wait until at least 2014 for their chance to prove that racial bias helped put them on death row.]]></description>
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		<title>The front page was not for sale&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tribune Tribute: Brandie Walker Hall</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/tribune-tribute-brandie-walker-hall-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["When I was a student, I participated in a shadowing experience that was like a job internship.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer disbarred for misappropriating money from woman&#039;s estate</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/lawyer-disbarred-for-misappropriating-money-from-womans-estate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A longtime Winston-Salem lawyer was disbarred last week for misappropriating money from a Forsyth County woman's estate and providing false information to a Forsyth County clerk.]]></description>
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		<title>Puckett thanks community for support</title>
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		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/puckett-thanks-community-for-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear editor, I cannot begin to find the words to express the over whelming love and support I have felt in the last four and a half years. Taking over Royall’s was one of the greatest mileston...
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		<title>Egg recall includes North Carolina</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina is among the states where a Minnesota food company is expanding its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mom accused of tampering with daughter&#039;s IV line at hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE A 26-year-old Conover woman is accused by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police of tampering with her 5-month-old daughter's intravenous line at a local hospital. ]]></description>
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		<title>House leaders respond to ACLU complaint about prayers in legislature</title>
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		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2012/02/03/house-leaders-respond-to-aclu-complaint-about-prayers-in-legislature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH Republican leaders in the N.C. House say a complaint about prayers in the legislature shows a prominent civil liberties group is out of touch. ]]></description>
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		<title>Awareness spurs New River excursion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to continue to raise awareness about the New River watershed, two local water, land, and wildlife protection advocates will undertake a near month long journey that will cover the American Heritage River in its entirety.]]></description>
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		<title>Driver injured when chicken truck overturns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							A Tyson Foods Inc. driver received minor injuries when his
tractor-trailer, fully loaded with chickens, overturned Thursday
night on U.S. 421 Business in Wilkesboro, according to Officer C.P.
Arnder o
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		<title>DA: Whitley won’t be charged in fatal shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							A man who shot and killed one person and wounded another on Nov.
5 when he thought they were breaking into his building on N.C. 18
North in the Mulberry community won’t be charged, said Tom Horner,
di
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		<title>Drug suspect flees, but is captured</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							A car driven by a Yadkin County man collided with a Wilkes
Sheriff’s Department patrol car as officers moved in to arrest him
following an undercover drug investigation late Wednesday
afternoon.

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		<title>Drug suspect flees, but is captured</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							A car driven by a Yadkin County man collided with a Wilkes
Sheriff’s Department patrol car as officers moved in to arrest him
following an undercover drug investigation late Wednesday
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		<title>WRMC sets construction goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilkes County News</dc:creator>
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							Officials at Wilkes Regional Medical Center hope to have work
completed on the emergency department expansion by the end of this
year.

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		<title>Dropout rate falls to 2.62%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							Wilkes County’s high school dropout rate decreased to 2.62
percent in 2010-11, the third year in a row that it fell and the
first time on record the Wilkes school system’s actual number of
dropouts wa
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		<title>School ‘reportable’ crime drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							The number of “reportable” criminal acts in the Wilkes County
schools decreased by at least 24 percent from 2009-10 to
2010-11.
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		<title>Tribune Tribute: Brandie Walker Hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilkes County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brandi Walker Hall’s interest in teaching began while she was a student at Elkin High School. “When I was a student, I participated in a shadowing experience that was like a job internship. I sh...
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		<title>Meth lab found behind cemetery mausoleum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lady Elks tripped up on Senior Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELKIN - The Lady Elks had the perfect chance to add an exclamation point to the send-off of three senior starters on Senior Night. Elkin held a two-point halftime lead over defending conference ...
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		<title>Elks come up short on Senior Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELKIN - The Buckin’ Elk seniors shined Tuesday on Senior Night, but came up short against top-ranked Ashe County. Eight seniors played in their final regular-season game in front of the Elkin fa...
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		<title>Ray seeks a return to Raleigh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former state representative Karen Ray said Friday she will seek the Republican nod for the new 44th District N.C. Senate seat.]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Relay For Life kicks off&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key leaders in the local Relay For Life task force will gather with their team captains and other like-minded volunteers next week to launch a new year of fundraising and community awareness.]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Relay For Life kicks off&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Five-hour hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nate Cook, local law clerk and 2011 Appalachian State University graduate, might have saved a life Sunday - and all it took was "sitting still for five hours." A 48-year-old leukemia patient needed bone marrow and Cook happened to be a six-out-of-six m...]]></description>
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		<title>Five-hour hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Town wants expanded uses of Jones House</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boone Town Council members would like to see an expansion of programs and community uses at the Jones House on King Street, a town-owned property.]]></description>
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		<title>Town wants expanded uses of Jones House</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boone Town Council members would like to see an expansion of programs and community uses at the Jones House on King Street, a town-owned property.]]></description>
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		<title>Return America group vows support for marriage amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2012 Relay For Life kicks off&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key leaders in the local Relay For Life task force will gather with their team captains and other like-minded volunteers next week to launch a new year of fundraising and community awareness.]]></description>
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		<title>Health provider Triumph&#039;s laptop stolen in mid-December; notification sent to clients this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer stolen from a local behavioral-health provider on Dec. 13 contained medical data for 2,070 individuals in Davie, Forsyth and Stokes counties, the provider said today. ]]></description>
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		<title>What socialists think</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not a Socialist, but if I were: I’d be a Utopian, believing in the soon-to-be perfectibility of human beings. I’d think that Socialism and Collectivism relieves us all from the need to earn ...
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		<title>Thursday Night Hwy 421 Wrecks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a bad night for wrecks on Hwy 421 last night.  Just after 6pm, a Wilkesboro woman—Lisa Goforth—went to make a]]></description>
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		<title>Two children left alone in home in critical condition after fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two children are in critical condition after a fire last night, the Winston-Salem Police Department said in a news release today.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Mae Miller Lewis Bryant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Georgia Mae Miller Lewis Bryant, age 94, of West Jefferson, died Monday evening, Jan.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Mae Miller Lewis Bryant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Georgia Mae Miller Lewis Bryant, age 94, of West Jefferson, died Monday evening, Jan.]]></description>
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