BOONE—Appalachian State University welcomed its most diverse class to date this fall, with 18 percent identifying as traditionally underrepresented, Willie Fleming, the university’s chief diversity...

BOONE—The nation was left in shock after Stephen Paddock shot and killed 59 people including himself and left more than 500 injured at a concert in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, the deadliest mass shooting in...

New River Light and Power is seeking out to raise its base energy rates for the first time since 1996. NRLP is an operating unit of Appalachian that serves customers on campus and in the Boone area. The...

As the weather gets colder and the leaves turn brown, the start of flu season ushers in a busy time of year for student health services. The first confirmed case of the flu occurred the week of Sept....

The renovations of Appalachian State’s on-campus nightclub Legends, which were previously reported to be taking place this semester, have been postponed, Jeff Cathey, director of the Department of Student...

Appalachian State students have always found parking to be difficult because it is very limited. Town Manager John Ward thinks that it is important to keep Appalachian students in parking lots that...

The Student Government Association passed a bill Sept. 26 that will permit the SGA Senate to use electronic iClickers as a means for voting, replacing the current method in which senators vote by voicing...

After a contentious fight during the 2016 election season, the Plemmons Student Union remained an early voting site for students to be able to cast their vote from campus. The issue of the Plemmons Student...

A marker commemorating the unmarked graves of African-American residents of Boone was unveiled Sunday to a crowd of around 100 people in Boone Cemetery in an effort to preserve the long history of Boone’s...

An earlier version of this article incorrectly said Watauga County has the highest rate of opioid abuse in North Carolina. It has been corrected. In response to the nationwide opioid epidemic, Gov. Roy...

North Carolina honorary native, author and professor of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill Randall Kenan visited Appalachian on Thursday. Kenan gave a craft workshop and read from...

Every fall in the Boone area, one big question remains: When will be the peak time for leaves this year? Howard Neufeld, a professor of biology at Appalachian, also known as “the fall color guy,”...