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This photo shows a 5-foot-deep pit filled with a mix of hydraulic fluid and water, where two dogs drowned earlier this month.

This photo shows a 5-foot-deep pit filled with a mix of hydraulic fluid and water, where two dogs drowned earlier this month.

State comes down hard on owner of Oak Valley

Randy Foster
Friday, September 30, 2022
Robbinsville – The owner of an unused industrial site in Robbinsville – where two dogs drowned in a pit of industrial waste earlier this month – has been put on notice by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality about serious violations and has 30 days to fix problems or face mounting penalties.
This photo, edited to omit the remains of dogs that died there around Sept. 10, shows the sludge-filled pit at the old Oak Valley Hardwoods plant off Snowbird Road. Photo courtesy of Donnie Burchfield

This photo, edited to omit the remains of dogs that died there around Sept. 10, shows the sludge-filled pit at the old Oak Valley Hardwoods plant off Snowbird Road. Photo courtesy of Donnie Burchfield

Sludge-filled pit claims two dogs

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Robbinsville – Two dogs fell into a sludge-filled pit and drowned this month, and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has issued a notice of violation to the property owner demanding action be taken.
Daisy rests from exhaustion in the back of a pickup after being rescued from a deep pit filled with greasy water for at least five hours – but as long as 12 hours – between May 29-30.

Daisy rests from exhaustion in the back of a pickup after being rescued from a deep pit filled with greasy water for at least five hours – but as long as 12 hours – between May 29-30.

Dog's best friend

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Snowbird – Daisy and Ace somehow got past the wireless dog fence that had been keeping them safe at home off Poison Branch Road the night of May 29 and went on an adventure that nearly cost Daisy her life.