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- Announcement on schools reopening plan delayed, input from Watauga parents vary
- Cooper extends Phase 2 of reopening for three weeks, mandates masks statewide
- NC reports highest day of confirmed COVID-19 cases
- NCDHHS shares guidelines for potential return to in-person instruction
- NC leaders 'concerned' about COVID-19 trends
- Re-Energize Watauga partners with App Theatre for virtual event
- Application period now open for Reenergize Watauga Fund loan
- NC has highest day of reported COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations
- ARHS becomes COVID-19 testing site, releases additional referral methods
- Appalachian announces fall semester plans: no fall break, students to remain home after Thanksgiving
BOONE — Watauga County’s COVID-19 case numbers have more than doubled in the past month — from 24 cases on June 1 to 65 cases as of June 30, according to AppHealthCare. And according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, three-quarters of Watauga’s cases have been in individua…
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RALEIGH – A number of N.C. Division of Motor Vehicle fees increased on July 1.
BOONE — On Tuesday, June 23, the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation released its final master plan for development at Elk Knob State Park after being in the planning process since July 2018, and the plan is open to public comment until July 10.
BOONE — Appalachian State University administrators are anticipating a 3 to 10 percent budget cut for the 2020-21 fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and should know more about where the university may land financially in July or August.
RALEIGH — A planned July 1 announcement by North Carolina leaders on how statewide K-12 schools would open this coming school year has been postponed, while Watauga County Schools is mulling over 2,665 parent responses about the possible return for students.
BLOWING ROCK — On Saturday, June 27, the Blowing Rock Parks & Recreation Department reopened Robbins Pool to town residents with modifications to its operations to ensure visitor safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pool opened to the general public on June 29.
On Thursday, June 25, the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting at High Country Woodworks to celebrate their business opening in Blowing Rock. High Country Woodworks is located in a kiosk in the South Market Shopping Plaza on Main Street, Blowing Rock. Chamber Board Member…
BOONE — This year the summer reading program, geared toward keeping children and youth reading through the summer, looks different for libraries across the country — including Watauga County Public Library.
BOONE — On Tuesday, June 23, the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation released its final master plan for development at Elk Knob State Park after being in the planning process since July 2018, and the plan is open to public comment until July 10.
BOONE — While the Back 2 School Festival, which benefits Watauga County Public Schools, has modified its plans for school supply donations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, festival organizers are asking community members for monetary donations in place of school supplies during the 2020 Pack th…
HIGH COUNTRY — Since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, businesses, art galleries, natural parks and other community-centered organizations have been constantly adapting in order to reach their audiences.
Steven Mackie Kincaid of Blowing Rock, N.C., passed away on Ju…
Robert Thomas “Tom” Speed, 68, of Howard’s Knob Road, Boone, N…
Nancy Carolyn Osborne Darst, 4/20/38-5/15/20, passed away in P…
Anthony Eden Rand died peacefully on May 1, 2020, at the age o…
William Kirk Rich passed away on Easter Sunday at his home at …
Doctors have known it for a long time, well before the resounding cries of “Black Lives Matter”: Black people suffer disproportionately.
ATLANTA (AP) — From Mississippi retiring its state flag to local governments removing Confederate statues from public spaces, a bipartisan push across the South is chipping away at reminders of the Civil War and Jim Crow segregation.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Many a fan is quick to insist they do not like politics in their sports — no kneeling, no raised fists, no T-shirt messages. Just the game or event, please and thank you.
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