The town councils of Beech Mountain and Seven Devils met on Tuesday, July 14, and highlights included an ordinance to help keep bears out of B…
BLOWING ROCK — Hikers accessing the Middle Fork Greenway trail between Blowing Rock and Boone will now know whom to thank for the park-like en…
LINVILLE — Linville Central Rescue Squad made a pair of swift water rescues from the Lower Creek Falls area following heavy rain, including th…
“It was a dark and stormy night, ...” as Snoopy always said when he started out to write a novel while pecking away at his battered typewriter…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Congress has passed the Great American Outdoors Act (Senate Bill 3422), which outlines funding for the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and other nature-based organizatio…
RALEIGH — Restaurants in North Carolina will be restricted to selling alcoholic beverages to no later than 11 p.m. starting this Friday, July …
HIGH COUNTRY — On July 27, Tweetsie Railroad President Chris Robbins announced that the park has been “ordered to cease operations,” by the No…
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Blowing Rock Rotary installs inscribed pavers at Middlefork Greenway
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Tweetsie Railroad 'ordered' to close by NCDHHS, additional seasonal events canceled
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Blowing Rock school launches reading program to 'stop summer slide'
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Memorial Park playground equipment installation complete
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Watauga Children's Council to host child care information session on Aug. 12
Following is a summary of key information related to COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and impacts in Watauga County and surrounding areas. Visit w…
RALEIGH — Chief Justice Cheri Beasley issued new emergency directives on July 16 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that require the wearing…
BLOWING ROCK — Near the end of the July 14 Blowing Rock Town Council meeting, town Finance O…
BOONE — Beginning Monday July 27, local Second Harvest Food Bank agency partners Hunger and …
BOONE — As local and statewide COVID-19 cases have risen more sharply in recent weeks, sever…
BANNER ELK — Staff and volunteers at Western Youth Network have been working diligently thro…
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will partner with Omnic…
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HIGH COUNTRY — Since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, businesses, art galleries, natural parks and other community-centered organi…
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Coastal residents secured patio furniture, ferry operators c…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — BMC Stock Holdings Inc. (BMCH) on Monday reported second-quarter net in…
DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Curtiss-Wright Corp. (CW) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tenn…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority chair, citing executive compensatio…