Lead Paint -- National Lead Prevention Week 2018
Lead has been used throughout human history as an additive for a wide variety of housing products. When lead …
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Think Food Safety When the Power is Out
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Fraud Alert - Hurricane Home Cleanup
NC Emergency Management recently posted a message warning residents that individuals are posing as NCVOAD Crisis Cleanup representatives. NCVOAD …
How to Protect Your Beehives From Mosquito Spraying Following a Hurricane
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NCDA&CS -- Post-Flood Cleanup and Disposal Assistance for Pesticides
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Ashe County PSA Hurricane Florence
Ashe County PSA Hurricane Florence Spanish Translated Version Below (Version en Espanol abajo) Please DO NOT call 911 dispatch, the sheriff’s …
County of Ashe Hurricane Florence Press Release
Spanish Translated Version Below (Version en Espanol abajo) Ashe County and the Towns of Lansing, West Jefferson and Jefferson have …
Be Ready! Floods Prepárese! Inundación
Floods, Be Ready! Inundación, …
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County Extension Programs
- Ashe County Children's Trust Endowment - Derby Days - May 6, 2017
- Ashe County Drinking Water Screening For Private Water Supplies - March 7, 2017
- Healthy Meals On A Budget
Information Portals
- Family and Consumer Sciences Program
- Family Life
- Healthy Homes
- Home Energy Conservation
- Local Food
- NC Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
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- Ashe County Family & Consumer Sciences Newsletter - Winter 2016
- Family & Consumer Sciences - Summer 2016 Newsletter
- Family and Consumer Sciences Newsletter - March 2017
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