Mountain area weather watch issued for GRAFTON AND VICINITY
Flash flood watch remains in effect until noon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries this afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Snow likely tonight, tapering to flurries Tuesday as colder air moves in. Lows tonight in the upper teens to low 20s. Tuesday highs mid 20s to near 30. Precipitation chances: 40 today, 60 tonight and Tuesday. Dam face water elevation at 26.92 feet above winter pool.
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Grafton
Better county search for industry urged
Dick Coplin, keynote speaker at the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award Banquet in Grafton, compared Taylor County s industrial push to the Titanic voyage and urged selling the county s assets. He praised local assets, called for signs and brochures, and criticized how revenue sharing funds were used while sharing anecdotes from Jaycees history.
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Blaze destroys YMCA building in Grafton
An investigator from the state fire marshal may assist the city fire department in determining the blaze cause that destroyed the old YMCA Friday evening. No dollar damage estimate was released. Four residents of the adjoining Randolph Building were displaced.
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Grafton
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City Fire Department
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Mary Lou Haines
Randolph Building
David N. Blair
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