The Boone Town Council passed a General Non-Discrimination ordinance March 16 with a vote of 4-1. Town council members received opposition from some community members after it was first proposed. The...

With the option of in-person or virtual learning, most students at App State’s lab school have returned to classrooms four days a week. The Academy at Middle Fork is a K-5 UNC System lab school, a...

The “new normal” may be over soon according to a recent message from Chancellor Sheri Everts. Everts announced in her weekly update to campus Friday night that students can expect the next semester...

Spring 2021 graduates will have the option to attend de-densified, in-person commencement ceremonies with limited guests or an optional virtual ceremony.  App State will adhere to state capacity guidelines...

Students have six weeks left to complete their third semester in COVID-19. While the pandemic has changed lives for over a year now, students are still balancing academics, jobs, extracurriculars, relationships,...

On-campus students will be eligible to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine through the university starting April 7.  An individual in a congregate living setting, like a residence hall, falls under Group...

Students were evacuated from Raven Rocks Residence Hall for reports of smoke Thursday. Andy Stephenson, chief of App State Police, said a resident assistant saw the smoke and notified App State’s...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced in a press conference Wednesday all adult North Carolina residents will be eligible to receive the vaccine by May 1 regardless of, status or condition.  Cooper also updated...

Following in the steps of other universities, a campus group is helping white people work toward being anti-racist. Called a white accountability group, groups such as this one have existed for decades...

Election boards across North Carolina focused their efforts on recruiting poll workers for voting sites during an abnormal presidential election. On March 4, the North Carolina State Board of Elections...

Three former Bernie Sanders 2020 staffers launched Un-PAC, the first student organizing group that focuses on democracy reform and support for the For the People Act. Un-PAC’s first campaign was to...

Residence halls that had original names rooted in racism finally received a physical name after months of nameless buildings.  Buildings once known as Hoey and Lovill now stand as Dogwood and Elkstone,...