September 30, 2025 The bright warm days gave way to rains that parked over the verdant hills and unleashed torrents of water, ...

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, played host to the “Grandfather Summit” on Sept. 23, in partnership with the British ...

September 29, 2025 The Tourism Development Authority (TDA) promotes, solicits, and encourages tourism in the Town of Blowing Rock in accordance with adopted Town plans/policies and administers the ...

Septembere 30, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Read more ...

Aug. 29, 2012. ROCK HILL, S.C. – Appalachian State University volleyball dropped its fourth-straight match in a 3-0 loss to Winthrop on Tuesday at Winthrop Coliseum. May 25, 2012. Appalachian State ...

In 2018, the Blowing Rock Town Council voted to hire a school resource officer (SRO) for Blowing Rock School. That decision preceded the Watauga County Board of Commissioners’ choice to fund SROs for ...

Watauga County Habitat for Humanity is thrilled to announce the 12th annual Blueprints and Bow Ties fundraiser! This live and silent auction event will be hosted at Appalachian State University’s ...

Gaither Hamilton Cooke, 80, passed away September 10, 2025, at Frye Medical Center, Hickory, NC. Gaither was born November 18,1944, to Rev. Robert Clell Cook and Velma McLean Cook in Boone, North ...

Boone, NC – The Watauga County Republican Party (GOP) held its annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner and fundraiser at Appalachian State University’s Grandview Ballroom on September 20. A VIP reception began ...

Grant funds awarded from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Truist Foundation Western NC Recovery and Resiliency Fund BOONE, NC – The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation (BACCF) is excited ...

Watauga County’s Back 2 School Festival is one of 127 different non-profit organizations that have received funds from the Valle Country Fair over the past 47 years. Organizers of the Back 2 School ...