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Mon, Nov. 9.
5th District
Hubbard led Foxx by 99 votes in the last unofficial count. The next step is Tuesday at noon, the deadline to fix rejected ballots. At 1pm Watauga counts provisionals, open to the public. Here's who decides which ballots count, plus what House observers can and can't do.
Door-knocking cure shifts run 9am to 5pm and 6 to 8pm today.
Veterans Day
Boone town offices are closed Wednesday, and the Town Council's regular meeting is canceled.
Weather
Forecast says rain turning to snow Thursday night, low of 29. Boone forecast
The Rack
Do You Even Live Here?, Episode 24, Election Night Special. Boone Mayor Dalton George and Fletcher Mayor Preston Blakely react to the results as they came in. Listen on The Rack
Also new, Sports WrApp, with Great Dane Maggard, Nick Nored, Sean Lickert, and Austin Cochrane on App State basketball and the NBA. Listen
Today's picks
Tray Wellington at Boone Saloon and the Rail Jam at Beech Mountain Resort, presented by Recess, are in the orange button below. Our skate park story.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
The Leaders of the CPSU are Betrayers of the Declaration and the Statement
Editorial Department of Renmin Ribao
A polemical tract from China's state newspaper accusing Soviet Communist Party leadership of abandoning Marxist-Leninist principles. This Cold War-era political critique reflects the ideological rupture between Beijing and Moscow in the mid-1960s.
Read the pick →
🌑 New Moon · 0% lit
Near-new moon — the darkest skies of the month for the Milky Way and meteors.
Sky's truly dark after 6:51 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula →
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