On Oct. 15, University Housing received a report of a phone camera in a vent in the third floor bathroom of Eggers Residence Hall. Eggers Hall is traditionally an all-female identifying dorm building. App...

Early voting for Watauga County’s municipal elections began Thursday and will continue through Oct. 30.  The Blue Ridge Ballroom in the Plemmons Student Union opened to students and community members...

Watauga County will hold its 2021 municipal general election Nov. 2 with early voting in Boone from Oct. 14-30. On Nov. 2, the polls will be open 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. All in-person ballots must be...

Beginning Monday, App State will require all employees to upload their vaccination cards, shifting away from the current attestation form that faculty and staff fill out, the university announced in an...

Boone Police held its fourth annual public forum Oct. 6 to address questions from the public and the Boone Town Council regarding its operations and actions in the past year. Originally scheduled to...

App State’s Latin Hispanic Alliance and Multicultural Greek Council hosted the annual Latin Hispanic Heritage Festival Oct. 6, a celebratory event in honor of Latin Hispanic Heritage Month. Brenda...

With the semester in full swing, there is a new addition to Plemmons Student Union: the Career Development Center.  Located on the second floor of the student union, the Career Development Center offers...

After not performing in the 2020-21 football and basketball seasons due to COVID-19, the Marching Mountaineers are honoring essential workers in their three halftime shows this year. The band’s first...

Camden, a 6-year-old from Kansas, scampered across the Grandfather Mountain parking lot following one of the park's naturalist guides and toward a caterpillar hiding under the leaf of a Pipevine bush.  Camden,...

In preparation for the looming 2022 midterm election season, students joined the U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in conversation Wednesday on key issues for North Carolinians.  Beasley served as...

Following their Sept. 7 confirmation, The Appalachian sent all 11 members of the Gardin + Evans Cabinet the same questions via email, asking what attracted them to their positions and about their goals...

Boone maintains its attraction with the neighboring Blue Ridge Parkway and rolling mountains. In order to preserve this natural landscape, the town has planned steps toward clean energy and air, hoping...