In the fight for a cleaner, greener Earth, Born Again Dirt Composting, also referred to as BAD, leads the charge in Boone. BAD is a cooperative organization that aims to help the growth of local plant...

The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to certify the results of the 2024 election Tuesday. The results were certified for all races except 10 currently undergoing recounts in the...

App State celebrated its seventh annual Founders Day and 125th anniversary Thursday in the BB Dougherty Administration Building. The celebration continued later in the Summit Trail Solarium in the Plemmons...

CHAARG, a.k.a “Changing Health, Attitudes and Actions to Recreate Girls” launched at App State this past spring. CHAARG is a community in the form of chapters that prioritize health, wellness, and...

Editor’s note: Resident interviews were conducted in Spanish. Direct quotes were translated to English. The Spanish version of this story can be found here.    Following the aftermath of...

A typical October in the High Country brings the arrival of vibrant leaves, bathing the area in rich colors of red, yellow and orange. With the foliage’s arrival comes the equally vibrant sea of red...

A layer of fog fell on Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm as a group congregated around a decades-old Fraser Fir on Wednesday, with a slight chill to the morning air. The tree, nicknamed Tremendous, stood...

Three days before Hurricane Helene, a local weatherman wrote his daily headline: “Bring it in, nail it down, shore it up.” Two days before the hurricane, “This is not a drill.” On the morning...

Watauga County saw a new candidate on the ballot in the 2024 election cycle: 26-year-old Nate Coppenbarger, who ran unopposed for Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor.  Coppenbarger attended...

On Friday, the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country held a Hurricane Helene benefit concert for the High Country’s art community. The event was produced by Mountain Home Music, Carolina Ramble...

The Watauga County Board of Elections voted to certify the results of the 2024 elections Friday.  The vote totals approved by the board are official but members of the board signed a document that...

On Wednesday from 7-9 p.m., the Greenbriar Theatre in the Plemmons Student Union hosted a documentary and panel discussion about FARM Cafe, a restaurant and community center on King Street that has been...