The Blue Ridge Conservancy Board of Trustees is excited to announce the hiring of David Ray as Executive Director. “David brings 29 years of experience in conservation, real estate, land use, ...

Longtime Charlotte Motor Speedway President and General Manager H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler died peacefully of natural causes yesterday surrounded by loving family. He was 86.

Emma Faulkner with the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, Justin Kearley with NC Office of Rural Health, and Tatiana Magee and Myles Stacey with High Country Council of Governments in Watauga County ...

Orono, Maine — It was announced on Monday, Aug. 18 that the University of Maine football program will travel to Boone, N.C. to take on Appalachian St. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The two sides will ...

Boone, NC — Watauga Humane Society (WHS) is partnering with Dr. Alex Wechsler of the Animal Hospital of Boone to host a low-cost vaccine clinic on Monday, August 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at ...

Last week AppHealthCare celebrated the official launch of mobile health services that will deliver healthcare throughout ...

This eight-mile section restores continuous access to over 20 miles of the park from the NC/VA state line to Doughton Park, including access to Doughton Park campground and The Bluffs restaurant.

Latosha Nicole Townsend, age 31, of Blowing Rock was arrested and charged with two counts of Trafficking in Fentanyl. She was placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under a $75,000 secured ...

Ashe County received a $52 million state grant, with money raised by the lottery, to help build a new middle school. For details on other ways money raised by the lottery made a difference in Ashe ...

Ashe County Animal Control has issued a rabies alert on Friday (August 15, 2025) “We have received confirmation of rabies activity in our region.”, the alert stated. The alert was for the entire Ashe ...

Investigators with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Freddie Ray Skeens, 68 y/o from Slabtown Road in ...

EUGENE, Ore.— An Albany, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for sexually abusing a toddler on at least five separate occasions and sharing videos of the abuse online. Kevin Walter Taylor ...