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NC Sterilization Victims Denied Compensation; Watauga County Has Dark Past Involving Eugenics Practices

July 5, 2012. Victims of involuntary sterilization in North Carolina will not receive compensation after state legislators voted against eugenics compensation program funding as part of the 2012-2013 fiscal year budget adjustment bill June 21. There is evidence to suggest that a number of Watauga County residents could have been victimized.
BY GREG HINCE

The Town of Blowing Rock Board of Commissioners Will Attend an Intergovernmental Retreat March 5

Feb. 29, 2012. BLOWING ROCK — The Town of Blowing Rock Board of Commissioners will attend an Intergovernmental Retreat scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Representatives from Watauga County, the Towns of Beech Mountain, Boone, and Seven Devils, as well as representatives from Appalachian State University will be in attendance.

Local Government Notes

Feb. 22, 2012. WATAUGA COUNTY — Keep up to date with local governmental meeting changes and scheduled events.
BY RON FITZWATER