Just as many lives, businesses, landscapes and wildlife were impacted on September 27, 2024 by Hurricane Helene as it ravaged through western North Carolina, one of the North Carolina Wildlife ...

September 22, 2025 Watauga County Habitat for Humanity is thrilled to announce the 12th annual Blueprints and Bow Ties fundraiser! This live and silent auction event will be hosted at Appalachian ...

September 19, 2025 At first I was bewildered by Shane Fox's attack on the Blowing Rock Civic Association. Then I realized he had insulted me and the several hundred members of the BRCA by attributing ...

September 18, 2025 If you believe what you were taught in public schools, and accept much of what the dominant media present, you are misinformed, at best. A famous American writer said something to ...

One year after Hurricane Helene forced its cancellation, the annual Frank and Kay Golf Classic is back on the newly restored golf course at Hound Ears Club. This signature event, at the private, award ...

September 16, 2025 On Sunday afternoon, September 14, 2025, Watauga County Schools received an anonymous tip regarding a possible threat of violence directed toward Watauga High School for Monday, ...

Septembere 16, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and ...

The Appalachian Theatre of the High Country unveils an extraordinary slate of events this fall, bringing world-class entertainment to Boone with a dynamic mix of film, music, magic, and cultural ...

September 2, 2025 On August 12, I spoke at the Blowing Rock Town Council about information I gleaned from the Duke University study done on the BR Academy daycare center.  These comments were my own.

September 15, 2025 In hopes of learning more about the protest held August 28 in support of Blowing Rock Academy, High ...

September 12, 2025 The Blowing Rock Civic Association (BRCA) celebrated its 10th anniversary during the organization’s annual meeting held on August 28. The gathering took place at Chip Perry’s car ...

September 12, 2025 Beginning around 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, a group of protesters gathered along the south side of Ginny Stevens Lane between Main and Wallingford streets. According to ...