March 31, 2026 The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and ...

March 25, 2026 - Foster's transition to the team begins soon, as he is scheduled to start as News Director on March 30 across ...

succession, several notable films were produced either partially or entirely within the High Country region, namely The Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis); The Handmaid’s Tale (Faye Dunaway); ...

“Scream” is easily my favorite horror franchise. It might be my favorite movie franchise overall, but especially in terms of horror. That’s why it really hurts me to say that “Scream 7” isn’t up to ...

This 1758 map, authored by English cartographers Emanuel Bowen and John Gibson, shows the “Apalachaen Mountains” region of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and part of Virginia. According to ...

Karen Johnson Conway’s BIG ADVENTURE came to a tranquil end February 9, 2026, not far from where it began nearly 96 years prior, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Oh, but the trails she ...

In the Fall of 2005 Bill Leonard of Ski Country Sports dreamed up the idea of organizing a High Country race series for local adult skiers. The point of the series was to have fun, as well as to enjoy ...

One of the worst locomotive explosions in United States history happened in the North Carolina High Country seventy-five years ago today (April 21st), killing engineer Clarence Edgar “Ed” Davenport ...

I started wearing a weighted vest on my walks with the dogs to support healthy aging — not because I needed to do more, but because I wanted to do better. That distinction matters. As a 54-year-old ...

I remember when the only way a person could get to Boone was to be born there.” These words of a homespun philosophy were credited to an anonymous speaker at a railroad convention over a century ...

Boone, NC – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Allegany, Ashe and Watauga County starting at 1pm Friday January 30 and ending at 1pm on Sunday February 1. Expect heavy ...

Douglas “Todd” Greene passed away on his birthday, February 14, 2026 at the age of 54. He was born in Watauga County on February 14, 1972 to Gerry Winkler and Larry Greene. Todd lived his entire life ...