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Students pass through the Peacock traffic circle on Aug. 29. Construction of the Peacock circle started over the summer and is scheduled to be done in the fall of 2026.

Peacock Hall under renovation, students express opinions

Colin Wishneski, Reporter September 23, 2024

As students make their way to classes, obstacles typically include stairs, crowds, crosswalks and traffic. More and more in recent years, construction has been added into the mix. This year at Peacock...

From left, Watauga County Board of Education candidates Marshall Ashcraft, Chad Cole, Adam Hege, Allison Idol, Charlotte Mizelle Lloyd, and Tom Ross stand onstage at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country on Sept. 16.

Meet the Candidates 2024: Watauga County Board of Education

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the various...

From left, Watauga County Commissioners candidates Braxton Eggers, Jon Council, Ronnie Marsh, Charlie Wallin, Sue Sweeting, and Todd Castle gather at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country on Sept. 16.

Meet the Candidates 2024: Watauga County commissioners

Andrew Rice, Lorelei Roberts, and Colin Wishneski September 21, 2024

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the various...

Chuck Hubbard, a former North Carolina journalist and current candidate for the 2024 N.C. House for the democratic party, stands onstage at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country on Sept. 16.

Meet the Candidates 2024: U.S. House of Representatives

Andrew Rice, Colin Wishneski, and Sam Deibler September 21, 2024

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the various...

Ben Massey and Ray Pickett stand on stage at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country discussing issues within their political spheres on Sept. 16.

Meet the Candidates 2024: NC House and Senate

Andrew Rice, Sam Deibler, Lorelei Roberts, and Madalyn Edwards September 21, 2024

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the various...

The grand opening of Sheetz on the corner of New Market Boulevard and East King Street took place on Sept. 19. Many customers showed up to celebrate the new gas station.

Time to fuel up: Sheetz opens in Boone

Hayden Wittenborn, Photo Editor September 20, 2024

Sheetz opened up its new Boone location on Thursday with special giveaways and speakers at the event. The pumps were packed with customers and people lined up inside to grab something off of the Sheetz...

VIDEO: Watauga Democrats celebrate women’s voting rights

Aaron Barlow, Multimedia Reporter September 19, 2024

The Watauga County Democratic Party held a fundraiser on Sunday to celebrate the history of women's voting rights. The event included a women's march, a meal, testimonies from four women and a raffle....

 A portrait of senior building sciences-construction management major Dylan Reed. Reed works for New Atlantic Contracting and helped build the Holmes Drive Parking Deck.
Photog: Courtesy of Dylan Reed

Climbing the ladder: How an App State graduate turned his internship into his career

Abigail Eggers, Reporter September 18, 2024

App State celebrated the completion of the Holmes Drive Parking Deck on Aug. 22, a project completed by New Atlantic Contracting, which employed one of App State’s own, Dylan Reed.  Reed graduated...

Nelson Masinde gives an informational seminar on ID requirements for voting at Belk Library on Sept. 11. Masinde is a training specialist and is part of the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

NC State Board of Elections holds seminar on new ID requirements

Colin Wishneski and Andrew Rice September 13, 2024

The North Carolina State Board of Elections held a voter ID seminar in Belk Library Wednesday.  Beginning in the 2023 municipal elections, North Carolina enacted new Voter ID laws. In order to prepare...

Jonathan Ibarra wears his name tag proudly outside Belk Library on Aug. 21. Ibarra is App State’s Latin Hispanic Alliance advisor.

Latin Hispanic Alliance advisor guides current, future college students

Abigail Eggers, Reporter September 11, 2024

Jonathan Ibarra, App State alumnus and senior assistant director of loans and scholarships at the Office of Financial Aid, is entering his second year as App State’s Latin Hispanic Alliance advisor....

One of the empty rooms in East Hall now being used as a classroom for art students on Aug. 29.

Art students voice frustration amid a new semester

Madalyn Edwards, News Editor September 11, 2024

Photography major Lauren Borer started off her senior year standing in a crowded dorm room in East Hall packed with 16 other students. Borer wasn’t visiting friends or meeting with an RA; she was straining...

 Rubí Escobar, an employee with High Country Community Health, poses for a portrait on King Street on Aug. 29.

Lost in translation: Spanish-speaking residents lacking access, equity

Andrew Rice, Political Editor September 11, 2024

Every day after school, 6-year-old Rubí Escobar would come home to her parents, younger brother Carlos and newborn sister Lucero. As she told her parents about her day, she would tell them what she learned,...

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