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🌱 Story/Craft Hour (K-5th Grade) and 10 more events
Also check out All Who Wander Jeff Bartley photography on the Iron Gate Patch calendar
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- Story/Craft Hour (K-5th Grade)
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 72 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 79, low: 58.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Iron Gate
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★ Featured events ★
- Story/Craft Hour (K-5th Grade) →
Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center, Inc., Clifton Forge
9:15 am
Wednesday October 7
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Other local events
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🗓 Events Nearby
- All Who Wander Jeff Bartley photography →
Alleghany Highands Arts and Crafts Center, 439 E Ridgeway Street, Clifton Forge
10:00 am - All Who Wander: Photography by Jeff Bartley →
Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center, 439 E Ridgeway St., Clifton Forge
10:00 am - Middle School and High School Art Show →
Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center, 439 E Ridgeway St., Clifton Forge
10:00 am - All Who Wander →
Alleghany Highands Arts and Crafts Center, 439 E Ridgeway Street, Clifton Forge
10:00 am - All Who Wander Photography by Jeff Bartley →
Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center, 439 E Ridgeway St., Clifton Forge
10:00 am - Ken Waldman - Alaska's Fiddling Poet →
Thomas P. Dean/Racey and Dean Inc. Underground Lounge and Café, 510 Main St, Clifton Forge
7:00 pm - The Alleghany Highlands Arts Council Presents: Ken Waldman - Alaska's Fiddling Poet →
Thomas P. Dean/Racey and Dean Inc. Underground Lounge and Café, 510 Main St, Clifton Forge
7:00 pm - From Our Neighborhood: Transitions →
The WestRock Community Room, 510 Main Street, Clifton Forge - Clifton Forge Town Council Candidates Forum →
Historic Masonic Theatre, 510 Main St., Clifton Forge
6:00 pm - Fall Into Awareness →
Mountain Gateway Community College, 1000 College Drive, Clifton Forge
3:00 pm - Lifecyle of a Forest →
Green Pastures, 201 Green Pasture Trail, Clifton Forge
3:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Covington. Apply here.
- Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Covington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Iron Gate here.
🗞 Nearby News
Clifton Forge
- Staunton District Traffic Alert for September 28–October 2, 2026 (virginianreview.com)
Covington
- Benton Central defeats Covington in Girls' Soccer (newsbug.info)
- What is the unemployment rate in Covington city, VA right now? (usafacts.org)
- Feeding Southwest Virginia Hosts 100 Agency Partners, Shares Special Announcement (pcpatriot.com)
Lexington
- Congressional candidate Beth Macy meets with constituents in Lexington (wset.com)
- Today in History: October 12, Bali nightclub bombings kill more than 200 (lasvegassun.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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