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Photo courtesy of Judi Sawyer | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
Caselyn Little, a wildlife biology student at Lees
McRae-College, releases a broad-winged hawk that was restored
through the universityâs May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at
Grandfather Mountain on Friday, May 21.
Photo by Luke Barber
Megan Guess, a pre-veterinary medicine student, releases a
broad-winged hawk into the wild at Grandfather Mountain on Friday,
May 21.
Photo courtesy of Judi Sawyer | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
A broad-winged hawk that was restored to health by Lees
McRae-Collegeâs May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center freely soars
through the skies over Grandfather Mountain.
LINVILLE â Two broad-winged hawks took to the skies over Grandfather Mountainâs MacRae Meadows after a successful release by Lees-McRae Collegeâs May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center staff on Friday, May 21.
Editorâs Note: The following is the first in a multi-story series on Avery County Schools Superintendent Dr. Dan Brigmanâs experiences through his first school year in the district. This first installment highlights accomplishments while facing and meeting challenges the district envisions both currently and in the future.
NEWLAND â It would be a gross understatement to say that the past 14 months have been a difficult period in communities worldwide. As society has had to face the realities of a global pandemic that has enveloped virtually aspect of day-to-day living since its onset in March 2020, every walk of life in its own way has embraced the college basketball tournament adage of âsurvive and advance,â with the goal of emerging on the other side of COVID-19 and returning to as close a semblance of normalcy as possible.
AVERY COUNTY â The Economic Development Committee convened for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 30, in which members discussed ways to be attract businesses to the county, as well as updates on new businesses.
Updates on the changes to the websites of Avery County and the Chamber of Commerceâs websites are ongoing. Visitors to the countyâs page will be linked directly to the chamberâs site when they click on the link that reads âEconomic Development.â The chamber has been focused on improving the information in order to better attract businesses, entrepreneurs, families and those who grew up in the area back to the region.
AVERY COUNTY â Avery County is now offering vaccines to people in group four, which includes adults with underlying health conditions that puts them at risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Other individuals from groups one through three also remain eligible for the vaccine, including those who are health care workers, staff and residents at long-term care facilities, anyone 65 years of age or older and frontline essential workers.
Underlying health conditions for people in group four can include but is not limited to asthma, cancer, history of strokes, diabetes, heart conditions and other ailments. To see the full list of conditions that has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control, click to