A Watauga County woman was charged with death by distribution after allegedly delivering fentanyl and cocaine to her son, who ...

Join the fun on Saturday Sept. 26, starting at 10 a.m. in Lansing proper to celebrate Lansing Day. What started as a day to ...

Watauga’s girls flag football team made its first appearance as an NCHSAA-sanctioned program in a historic game at Jack Groce ...

Appalachian State University’s Office of Research and Innovation will host the 8th annual Research and Creative Activities at ...

Watercolor and texture artist Madelyn Foskey spent the first eight years of her life in Boone, then moved to Costa Rica, ...

The Watauga Democrat and its sister Adams Multimedia and Mountain Times Publications newspaper, The Avery Journal-Times, were ...

Boone’s economy thrives on diverse sectors including tourism, education, agriculture, and retirees, creating a fluctuating ...

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP ...

Appreciation for the U.S. Supreme Court “recognizing the practical reality” and rejecting a proposal involving the Postal ...

The annual Episcopal Parish of the Holy Communion Festival of the Frescoes will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, (the second Saturday in October) at the Mission ...

Nearly 750,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, lawmakers active and retired, and members of higher education on Jan. 1 will have a new healthcare access through the ...

The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, has stirred distressing memories of the grim ...