Boone

A historic dam on the Watauga River is no longer standing. Environmentalists say the removal will increase the overall health of the waterway.

A High Country-based humanitarian group is building a field hospital to assist COVID-19 patients in western North Carolina.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and his pals may hold a special

Appalachian State University has suspended football practice after health officials identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases associated with the team.

The fall semester at Appalachian State University has started amid fears about the potential threat of COVID-19, and the university’s administration is working to reassure students and faculty afte

The Town of Boone is requiring people to be masked when they are in public areas, joining a handful of other North Carolina municipalities who are taking the same step to slow the spread of the cor

Council members in Boone have removed a controversial part of the town’s state of emergency order for the COVID-19 outbreak after a judge blocked it last week.

Earth Fare, an organic grocery-store chain based in North Carolina, is closing all of its stores. 

The High Country is under a winter weather advisory and high wind watch with snow in the forecast for Tuesday.

Watauga County’s elections board has agreed to a plan to add a new precinct for early voting.