After being vacant for 25 years and becoming a big eyesore in the middle of Banner Elk, the former Charles A. Cannon Memorial ...

As summer brings warmer temperatures, AppHealthCare is urging the community to take action to prevent tick-borne diseases. Tick bites are more common in the summer months, with the highest levels of ...

Tickets for “Grandfather Presents: Conor Knighton” are on sale online now. To learn more about “Grandfather Presents: Conor Knighton” and to purchase tickets, visit ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 26, 2025) – Sports Titan, a North Carolina-based leader in sports betting technology, proudly announces a strategic tethering partnership with North Wilkesboro Speedway. This ...

On the evening of June 25, 2025, deputies with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a suspicious male attempting to unlawfully enter an occupied residence in the area of ...

Appalachian State University’s annual summer arts celebration, An Appalachian Summer, presents violinist Tessa Lark, cellist Joshua Roman, and double bassist Edgar Meyer on Wednesday, July 9 at 7:30pm ...

This season’s artists include Amos Lee, Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer, Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman and Edgar Meyer, Joan Osborne and Lisa Loeb, Heather Headley with Western Piedmont Symphony, Peabo ...

LINVILLE, N.C. – The long and storied tradition that is the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games returns to MacRae Meadows on ...

North Carolina is drought-free in the latest advisory issued Thursday by the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC), marking the first time since Oct. 15 that the state has been ...

BOONE, N.C. — Mariana Greene, public communication specialist for Appalachian State University’s New River Light and Power (NRLP), received the 2025 Robert E. Roundtree Rising Star Award during the ...

What does this mean for Watauga County? The County will be transitioning from a contractor-based model of EMS to a County-operated service. This model is consistent with that provided by 94 other ...

Meadowview Drive, from Ivy Drive to the Greenway Road/Leola Street intersection, will be closed for most of the day today, June 17th, for the installation of a new water line. Water service is ...