Each year, D.A.R.E. America International awards one member of its Youth Advocacy Board a $20,000 college scholarship. Carley Keller from North Carolina was named the recipient of the 2021 D.A.R.E. America Louis ‘Skip’ Miller National Scholarship Award…
NEWLAND — On Thursday, May 6, fifth grade students at Riverside Elementary became the first county student class to graduate from the D.A.R.E. program in 20 years through the efforts of the Avery County Sheriff’s Office and School Resource Officer John Hicks. The…
I just wanted to take some time and send you and Next Generations Solutions a thank you note for the children's Christmas Toys. Next Generation Solutions made it possible for the children at the Durham Rescue Mission to have a most excellent Christmas. It is because...
Education is the best defense against ignorance. In an era of proposing to defund the work of local law enforcement — effectively handcuffing officers and deputies from doing their jobs — Watauga, Ashe, Avery and much of the High Country get painted with the same…
Maiden Elementary fifth-grade students look over their D.A.R.E. certificates during a ceremony on Friday afternoon. Maiden Elementary School held a graduation ceremony Friday afternoon for 75 fifth-grade students who completed the D.A.R.E. program this year. “D.A.R.E....
“I would like to extend a personal thank you on behalf of the Durham Rescue Mission, and the Volunteer Office, for your company providing toys/Personal Hygiene Kits, at no cost, for use…”
The Burlington Police Department is proposing a new form of discipline to address vaping in schools. Rather than automatically punishing first offenders with in-school suspension, the police department wants to give students the choice of sitting in on a vaping lesson…