By Liz Bell and Katie Dukes Education NC As the world shut down in 2020, visitors escaped to the beautiful mountains of Ashe County. With its recreational tourism and wide open spaces, Ashe was one of a handful of counties in North Carolina where visitor spending increased during the first year of the pandemic, said Kitty Honeycutt, […]

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This story was reported by EducationNC, (www.ednc.org) a North Carolina-based nonprofit news source focusing on the state's educational system.