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The Ashe Post & Times is a bi-weekly newspaper printed in West Jefferson, North Carolina. It prints news, announcements, and obituaries as the newspaper of record for Ashe County. The newspaper formed after The Jefferson Post and Ashe Mountain Times merged in 2017. The newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group.
Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, located off U.S. Route 221, south of West Jefferson. The Virginia-Carolina Railway once had service through this area. The Virginia–Carolina Railway was an interstate railroad in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.
West Jefferson was incorporated in 1909. At one time, West Jefferson had the distinction of having the only cheese factory in the southeastern United States. For many decades, West Jefferson was served by the Norfolk and Western Railroad, better known as the "Virginia Creeper." The railroad was the primary reason for the creation of West ...
Sturdivant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ephraim Sturdivant (1782–1868), American veteran of the War of 1812; James Holmes Sturdivant (1906–1972), research associate of Linus Pauling at Caltech; John Sturdivant (born 1956), American football player; Quan Sturdivant (born 1988), American football player
Sturdivant can refer to: Sturdivant (surname) Sturdivant, Missouri; The Sturdivant Gang, a group of counterfeiters This page was last edited on 29 ...
WKSK is an AM radio station in West Jefferson, North Carolina.It is operated by Caddell Broadcasting, Inc., and broadcasts on a frequency of 580 kHz and, as of June 2014, simulcast on 93.5 MHz in FM stereo. [2]
The commission purchased 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of land to form the town of Jeffersonton, later named Jefferson. It is one of the first towns in the nation to bear the name of Thomas Jefferson, who was the vice president of the United States in 1799. [6] The Ashe County Courthouse and Poe Fish Weir are listed on the National Register of ...
Gregg A. Sturdevant is a retired United States Marine Corps Major General.At the time of his retirement, he was the Director of Strategic Planning and Policy (J5) for U.S. Pacific Command.