The Town of Blowing Rock has declared a State of Emergency as of Thursday afternoon. Town Offices will be closed on Friday, ...

Watauga County Administration and Emergency Services have and will continue to monitor Hurricane Helene.

In concurrence with our partners with Watauga County, the Town of Boone is now operating under a State of Emergency. The Town of Boone's State of Emergency was enacted on September 26th at 3:00 p.m.

BOONE, NC –The Carolina Snowbelles are pleased to announce their first annual Carolina Snowbelle Soirée. The fundraising event will take place at the Fairway Cafe & Venue at 433 Fairway Drive on ...

The U.S. Forest Service today closed campgrounds, boat launches, developed recreation sites and roads on the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in preparation for potential heavy rainfall, flooding ...

Blue Ridge Energy serves some 78,000 members in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, and parts of Wilkes, Avery and Alexander counties. Its propane and fuels subsidiary serves customers in the ...

ASHEVILLE, NC – National Park Service officials are closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Helene, a “predecessor” rainfall event ahead of Helene, and preparing for a range of potential ...

Last year the Valle Country Fair channeled $88,000 back into the community through programs that lift up people in need. Be ...

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Banner Elk man and charged him with Secret Peeping which is a felony. On August 24, a McDowell Detective received a report from the Watauga County ...

A graduate of Avery County High, and current student at UNC-Chapel Hill, was found deceased in South Africa on Sunday after she had gone missing.

BOONE, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a seven-year, $35 million GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) grant to Appalachian State University's ...

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) and Watauga County Schools (WCS) received a $6,000 gift from the Sun Belt Conference as part of the College Football Playoff (CFP) ...