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

The Spruce Pine Alien Festival is a free 1-day Outdoor event that is pet friendly with over a mile long stretch of 200 Artists & Crafters in Downtown Spruce Pine on Oak Avenue Alien Merchandise, Free ...

The Blowing Rock Historical Society and the Town of Blowing Rock are pleased to have Mr. Randell Jones as our speaker for the event, an award-winning writer on the pioneer era and the Revolutionary ...

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 ...

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); ...

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 ...

My older brother, Dick (nicknamed “P.B.”… my middle name is Scott ), was killed by a drunk driver the day after Christmas, 1971. We had been living in Atlanta, where he had a shoe store and I was ...

Blowing Rock, NC – With combined votes reported from Watauga and Caldwell counties, Doug Matheson and Wayne Miller were elected to serve as members of the Blowing Rock Town Council. Each will serve ...

Mary Frances Smith, age 96, of Boone, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at home on September 13, 2025. She was born in Wilhelmina, Missouri the daughter of the late James and Horrel Knott, wife ...

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 ...

Martha Jane Parker (Jane), age 81, of Kimberly Lane, Boone, passed away March 8, 2026, at her home. Born June 18,1944, in Watauga County, she was the daughter of David and Grace Hollars Norris. Mrs.