The Appalachian

Peak Week disrupted: Boone businesses struggle after Helene

November 20, 2024

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...

Experts address infrastructure, economy, climate change in wake of Hurricane Helene

November 19, 2024

Three days before Hurricane Helene, a local weatherman wrote his daily headline: “Bring it in, nail it down, shore it up.” Two days before...

Nate Coppenbarger’s journey: From App State student to conservation supervisor

November 19, 2024

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...

Appalachian Theatre hosts impassioned songwriters, storytellers in ‘Wake of the Flood’

November 18, 2024

On Friday, the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country held a Hurricane Helene benefit concert for the High Country’s art community. The...

Sports

App State women’s basketball falls to UNC-Greensboro in hard-fought road loss

Kieran Murphy, Reporter

November 20, 2024

App State’s women’s basketball took a hard-fought loss on the road to UNC-Greensboro on Friday. The Black and Gold fell to the Spartans with a final score of 55-68. The game started strong for the...

Mountaineers men’s cross country takes 14th in NCAA Southeast Regional.

November 19, 2024

The App State men’s cross country team competed at the NCAA Cross Country Southeast Regional in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Friday. The Mountaineers...

Mountaineer makeover: Fresh faces fuel App State’s new season

November 19, 2024

March 20, the App State men’s basketball team had its season ended by Wake Forest in the first round of the NIT. It was a strong season for the Black...

App State’s women’s cross country finishes out the season with best finish since 2015

November 19, 2024

On Friday, App State’s women’s cross country team took part in the NCAA Southeast Regional. This took place following their dominant performance in...

Injuries, inexperience spoil Mountaineers’ start to season in loss to Wolfpack

November 19, 2024

App State wrestling opened their season Friday losing 34-12 against No. 6 NC State, a team that had eight ranked wrestlers in their lineup when the two...

A&C

Blame your ex: The Beaches performance at Schaefer Center

Meg Frantz, Associate A&C Editor

November 20, 2024

On Tuesday night, the audience in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts blamed all of their exes with The Beaches, a Toronto-based band brought to the High Country by APPS for their third-to-last...

Cinema Talks: Rebel Ridge

November 20, 2024

On this episode of “Cinema Talks,” Nadia and Isaac talk about the new Netflix movie Rebel Ridge. After a run-in with the law and seizure of the bail...

This Appalachian Life: On the minds of the Democratic Party

November 20, 2024

November 5 was a tough loss for the Watauga Democratic Party. After a last-minute candidate change, the party worked tirelessly, for months, campaigning...

Function meets fashion on the slopes of Appalachia

November 20, 2024

Throughout the decades, student life at App State has been propelled by the opportunities and community the surrounding outdoors provide. As the leaves...

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