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Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

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Athens Drive High School

View a time lapse animation of drought conditions since April of 2007.

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N.C. Drought Maps Time Lapse Animation