Thousands of students returning to Boone amid a pandemic means the Boone social scene changed quickly to socially distant bar lines and smaller groups of friends watching sunsets on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Students...

Five employees of Rivers Street Ale House have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from AppHealthCare. Employees are in isolation and recovering at home. AppHealthCare is encouraging...

As cars and construction trucks passed Summit Hall, Kalie Lynch pulled down her mask to bid her family goodbye. App State’s campus will be home to this new normal every day this week as students move...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that Phase Two of coronavirus restrictions will be extended, this time until at least Sept. 11. This is the third time Phase Two has been extended since May.  “You...

Fifteen employees of Goodnight Brothers Country Ham of Boone tested positive for COVID-19. AppHealthCare is still continuing to investigate the total number of confirmed cases. All employees of the...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced a statewide mask mandate and extended Phase 2 at a press briefing Wednesday These changes come in response to higher hospitalization numbers and infection rates. By the...

App State students, faculty and staff will adapt to a new updated face covering policy on campus this fall.  Both the mouth and nose must be covered when 6 feet of distance cannot be maintained. This...

Sanitation stations and additional, larger classroom spaces are just some of the accommodations students will encounter entering the fall 2020 semester, according to a university email. The email...

Boone residents and visitors must wear face coverings in all indoor establishments open to the public beginning 9 a.m. on June 20, after the Boone Town Council voted 3-2 for the mandate June 16. This comes...

One off-campus App State student and eleven subcontractors for campus construction projects tested positive for COVID-19, according to an AppHealthCare press release.  The student was in close contact...

Three additional subcontractors working on App State's campus tested positive for COVID-19, as confirmed by AppHealthCare. This comes after 16 workers tested positive May 14. Two individuals are residents...

An Ashe County resident became the first in their county to die from complications related to COVID-19, AppHealthCare reported Tuesday. The individual, aged in their 70s, died May 25. The patient also...