A hint of cooler temperatures means it’s time to start thinking about autumn — and the 48th annual Valle Country Fair (VCF).

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Italian immigrants used to be accused of clinging too tightly to the Old World. Today, millions gather in Little Italy to ...

After Western North Carolina native Bryan Sutton began to win the first of 10 International Bluegrass Music Association ...

The astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere is on Monday, September 22nd. This day is marked by the ‘autumnal ...

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