North Carolina will remain in Phase 3 for the next three weeks after trending in the “wrong direction,” Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday.  Last Thursday and Friday, North Carolina had its highest...

North Carolina voters have nearly tripled the voter turnout so far in 2020. The state surpassed 2 million votes Tuesday afternoon — 1.3 million more than the 700,000 votes at this time in 2016.  As...

Broadcast in partnership with UNC-TV, last week, the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters hosted the only Gubernatorial debate of this year between Gov. Roy Cooper and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. For...

A Boone native and App State alum was once involved with the North Carolina State Board of Elections.  Two years later, Stacy “Four” Eggers is now the newest member of the state board. Eggers is...

To help voters figure out who they align with most, The Appalachian pulled answers from the voter guide and put them into a quiz format. Each quiz is 4-5 questions long and shows you your results on...

Fall commencement will be hosted online, like this spring's ceremony, according to an email from Interim Provost Heather Norris Monday. This announcement comes after App State told spring graduates...

At first, COVID-19 was unknown — just a disease that was spreading in China. It soon became clear that the incredibly fast spreading and infectious COVID-19 could pose a problem to a college campus of...

Under the bright lights of Kidd Brewer or in the dome like Holmes Convocation Center during games or matches, App State athletes work at being the best at whatever they are doing and win.   But off...

App State announced six new COVID-19 clusters with five active cases in an email Saturday night. The announcement comes roughly a week after the university announced four new clusters.  The clusters...

Over 1.2 million North Carolina voters have cast their ballots either in person or by mail so far in the 2020 election.  “We’re glad to see so many North Carolina voters performing their civic...

Voters in North Carolina are out in force for early voting. With absentee and early voting, the state eclipsed 1 million total votes on the second day of early voting. Take a look at the dashboards...

Students concerned about grades post-midterm can now have hope with App State’s new COVID-19 related grade forgiveness. The Office of the Provost announced dropped classes will be excused this year because...