As winter storms are arriving across the mountains of North Carolina. We will receive a mix of heavy snow, ice, high winds ...

January 27, 2026. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Read more ...

The Watauga County Republican Women’s Club (WCRWC) will have its next monthly meeting on Wednesday January 28 at the Watauga ...

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts will host an evening of ARTtalks, a juried photography competition, hands-on artmaking, and community engagement during Fizzy First Friday on Friday, February 6 ...

Three weeks down, three weeks to go for the SMARL 20th anniversary’s racing season. It was cold Monday night and the race course was a little more turnery than usual and pretty challenging, which made ...

Peggy Sue Speer Cerchione of 371 Lawrence Greene Road, Deep Gap, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2026. She is at long last reunited with her beloved husbandAngelo Cerchione who passed away 20 years ...

Reverend Thomas Jefferson Jackson (T.J.), age 91, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, January 10th, following a brief illness. T.J. was born in Boone, NC on July 3rd, 1934 to Thomas and ...

Leigh Cooper Wallace, pictured here with daughter, Haleigh was always on the run, instilling in her children at an early age that health and physical fitness was a way of life. Photo submitted Leigh ...

After years of speculation, research, interviews and more, local historian, Terry L. Harmon, is pleased to announce that his long-awaited book about the Durham family murders is now available.

FLOYD, VA — One week before ticket prices increase for FloydFest 25~Aurora, Across-the-Way Productions, Inc. and Blue Cow Arts Foundation, Inc. announce the award-winning festival’s On-the-Rise ...

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 ...

Dema Ann Aldridge Spann, born on May 26, 1935, in Watauga County, passed away peacefully. She was the daughter of Everette and Lottie Perkins Aldridge. Dema graduated from Cove Creek High School and ...