Boone Pride returns to downtown Boone on Saturday June 28 for a Pride Parade and Festival. What started in 2022 as a small march on the sidewalks of King Street and a rally at The Jones House, has ...

It has been 23 years (not 28, somewhat frustratingly) since British audiences were first introduced to the mind-and-body-ravaging Rage virus in “28 Days Later.” The virus turned everyone it affected ...

The Green Park Inn construction is well underway, with site work begun, golf wing demolition completed and most of the ...

Watauga County has reached an agreement with Watauga Medics, Inc. for Ambulance Services in Watauga County to become a County-Operated Service. At the June 17, 2025 regularly scheduled meeting, the ...

The long and storied tradition that is the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games returns to MacRae Meadows on Thursday, July 10, continuing through Sunday, July 13. This marks the 69th year for the ...

Constitution, Justice for All, No Labels, and We the People -- will be moved to unaffiliated status in the state’s voter registration database. When the 2024 general election was certified by the ...

The High-Country Real Estate Market, consisting of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties, saw 138 closed sales on single-family and condo/townhouse properties in May 2025, up 34.0% compared to ...

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is looking ...

If anyone wishes to have an agenda item considered by the Boone Town Council at one of their upcoming regular meetings scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 9 a.m., and Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at ...

Jason Sirmon, longtime Edward Jones financial advisor whose office is located in Boone, recently received his firm’s exclusive Ted Jones Spirit of Caring Award for his community response to the ...

The Watauga County Republican Women's Club (WCRWC) will have its next monthly meeting on Wednesday June 25 at the Dan'l Boone Inn, 130 Hardin Street, Boone. Lunch at 11:30 AM, with a meeting at noon.