BOONE — The two-week municipal election filing period began at 12 p.m. on Friday, July 5, and by the end of the day, four filers had put pen to paper, including one challenger in Boone.
BLOWING ROCK — The Blowing Rock Town Council approved a conditional use permit for the Moody Building at 125 Sunset Drive to be converted into a restaurant/retail space with a parking lot during its meeting on Tuesday, July 9.
Despite several big infrastructure projects and trickle-down costs from Duke Energy’s coal ash cleanup, local electricity cooperative Blue Ridge Energy said they won’t be raising rates for a sixth straight year, but there’s still chances for rate increases in the next few years.
BOONE — After 24 hours in emergency mode, Watauga Medical Center’s central air-conditioning system is back online after the unit failed the morning of Monday, July 8.
BLOWING ROCK — A lamp located in the back of a store in Blowing Rock is said to be the origin of a fire in a local business and historic building on June 26, according to Blowing Rock Fire Chief Kent Graham.
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.” 2 Timothy 4:3
The Blowing Rock Art & History Museum (BRAHM) is bringing Moses Cone and his wife, Bertha, as well as Moses’ sisters, Claribel and Etta Cone, back to the mountains. The family
A trip back to my hometown has me feeling nostalgic, but I’m confronted with the yawning gap between my memories and today’s reality. During my many-decade absence things have gotten … better.
One of my favorite books of all time is H.P. Lovecraft’s “At the Mountains of Madness.”
A great place to glean some profound insights into life is from children’s stories. In a Winnie the Pooh story, for instance, there is a scene that is a delightful illustration of our desire to hear words that are friendly and warm, rather than harsh or hard.
Michaella Margret Hanifan, “Meme,” died in an automobile accid…
Dr. Thomas D. Vance, 87, of US Highway 221 South, Blowing Rock…
John D. Broyhill, Sr., 90, of Leon Coffey Road, Blowing Rock, …
Zoella Trubey Walker “Trubey,” 81, passed away on May 17th, 20…
Susan Brooks Chesson, 85, passed away peacefully on April 11, …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG is closing its crop science division headquarters in North Carolina and moving 500 jobs to the St. Louis area, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and a company executive announced Tuesday.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say a man died and a woman injured in a car crash.
NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say three children have been rescued from the back of a U-Haul truck that was carrying drugs in Tennessee, and three North Carolinians have been charged in the case.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rare sea turtles are smashing nesting records this summer on beaches in the Southeast, with scientists crediting the egg-laying boom to conservation measures that began more than 30 years ago.
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