The UNC System changed its enrollment requirements for students applying to a UNC System school due to the coronavirus postponing or canceling SAT and ACT testing.  Each UNC System university can choose...

Effective 5 p.m. March 31, all residents and non-residents of Watauga County arriving for overnight stays are ordered, while present in the Watauga County, to self-quarantine for 14 days or until 7 days...

As more and more people are diagnosed with the new coronavirus across the country and in North Carolina, Watauga Medical Center is preparing for more cases. Vicki Stevens, Appalachian Regional Healthcare...

The Appalachian sent questions to each student body president and vice president candidate to create profiles.  Below are the responses from presidential candidate Michael Davis and vice presidential...

With warm weather and the impending stay-at-home order beginning Monday afternoon, many people took to popular hangout spots like the Old Dam and Trash Can Falls Saturday. As people flocked to those...

Watauga County, in conjunction with the Towns of Beech Mountain, Blowing Rock, Boone and Seven Devils, will close all playgrounds, courts and picnic shelters, effective March 30 at 12 p.m. until further...

Updated with more information from AppHealthCare on student having symptoms when tested.  AppHealthCare informed App State leadership Saturday morning that the fifth coronavirus case announced on...

The UNC Board of Governors will meet on a phone call on March 30 to discuss a plan that would issue refunds to students, a Board of Governors source told The Appalachian. The source said the plan should...

AppHealthCare has announced a fifth Watauga County resident has tested positive for coronavirus. The person had a travel history and has been in isolation since being tested. The local public health...

A Watauga County resident became the fourth person to test positive for the novel coronavirus, AppHealthCare announced Thursday morning. This person has travel history and has been in isolation since being...

In conjunction with towns of Beech Mountain, Blowing Rock, Boone and Seven Devils, Watauga County is ending short-term rentals effective March 26 at 12 p.m. The measure is another attempt to help slow...

Boy Scouts of America awarded the Venturing Leadership Award for the first time in almost 10 years to an App State student. Venturing is a program of the Boy Scouts of America that serves young men...