North Carolina continues to enjoy one of America’s fastest rates of population growth, adding some 165,000 new residents in 2024 alone. That was the fourth-largest numerical gain in the country ...

Appalachian State University and its University of North Carolina System peers, North Carolina community colleges and other ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they'd proven they could handle Mother ...

The last time Joan Osborne brought her vocal talents to the High Country, she was the headliner at Beth Carroll’s first-ever ...

Appalachian State University’s annual summer arts celebration, An Appalachian Summer, presents the incomparable Heather ...

All eight elementary schools in Watauga County now host accredited NC Pre-K classrooms through the partnership with the ...

The Main Street paving project in Blowing Rock continues as the Town requests that all cars be removed from the road by 6:30 ...

AppalCART has unveiled North Carolina’s first double-decker public transit bus, bringing added capacity and a bold new look ...

AppalCART has unveiled North Carolina’s first double-decker public transit bus, bringing added capacity and a bold new look ...

The third weekend in July is finally here and in the High Country, that means the 69th Grandfather Mountain Highland Games ...

The Appalachian State University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies will host the 23rd Annual Martin and Doris ...

Blowing Rock celebrated Independence Day with the “best small-town Main Street parade you’ll find anywhere,” as hundreds ...