Serving Ashe and Watauga Counties
The legislature sent a Covid Relief bill to Gov. Cooper, which includes significant funding to reopen North Carolina's K-12 schools safely. This bill contains; extending the time for parents to apply for $335 "Extra Credit Grant" Checks, $39 million to expand rural high-speed internet, $1.6 billion to help schools safely reopen, $95 million for vaccine distribution, …
I am pleased to announce that this critical bill, HB-4, was passed in the House today. This bill takes action to directly impact business owners across the state during these difficult and unprecedented times.
On November 15th, 2020 while on patrol, Senior Police Officer Hunt responded to a medical call in reference to an unconscious person at the Blowing Rock Inn. SPO Hunt arrived and found a male patient lying on the ground. SPO Hunt immediately recognized that the man was in serious distress and consistent with his training, …
JEFFERSON, N.C.- Sheriff B. Phil Howell announces that Ashe County Sheriff’s Office has announced their 2020 Deputies of the Year. Sgt. William Byrd and Sgt. James McNeill both led the Sheriff’s Office in stats and service to the Sheriff’s Office and the Ashe County citizens. Both have went above and beyond the call to be …
The 2021-2022 Session has commenced, and the representatives have received their committee assignments. For the duration of this upcoming session, Representative Pickett will be serving the 93rd District as Vice-chair of Education-Universities and Transportation. He will also serve as a member of Appropriations, Appropriations-Capital, Families, Children, and Aging. Rep. Pickett is excited to be serving …
Ray Pickett has defeated incumbent Ray Russell in Ashe and Watauga counties’ N.C. House District 93 race 53% to 47%. The vote totals were 24,496 for Pickett to 21,663 for Russell. Pickett is a small businessman from Blowing Rock. Russell was a first-term House member after defeating Republican veteran Jonathan Jordan. Pickett is a small …
Representative Ray Pickett 