BOONE — To comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state recommendations, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System announced …
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University will hold a community COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Thursday, April 29, from 9 a.m.–noon.
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced April 21 that he anticipates all mandatory social distancing, mass gathering and capacity restrictions wil…
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are recommending a pause in the use of the Johns…
The following COVID-19 information is compiled from local and state agencies from March 29 to April 6. This weekly update will present the lat…
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced March 2 that all frontline essential workers in Phase 3 can begin to get their vaccine March 3 while some …
BOONE — While the Watauga Community Recreation Center is not quite open to the public for its intended purpose, it’s now being used by health …
WATAUGA — With a new executive order issued Feb. 9 by Gov. Roy Cooper, dentists can now help with COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the state.
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Feb. 24 a new executive order that eases restrictions and lifts the Stay-at-Home order curfew beginning…
On a recent Saturday morning, Peggy Hoon got behind the wheel of her 2011 Toyota RAV4 and made the 300-mile round trip to Charlotte from her R…
JEFFERSON — The subject of a report from N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network — a consortium of investigative media outlets — it was recently confi…
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released the COVID-19 community readiness toolkit to help individuals…
WATAUGA — When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Watauga County Guardians ad Litem didn’t stop advocating for the needs of children who were abus…
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported on Jan. 23 the first identification in a North Carolina resident…
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Jan. 21 that $2.5 million in coronavirus relief funding is bein…
BOONE — Typically the Lentz Eggers Gym at Watauga High School plays host to high school basketball or volleyball games. On Jan. 16, it hosted …
RALEIGH — Two days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded COVID-19 vaccine guidelines to include 65 year olds and older…
RALEIGH — Chief Justice Paul Newby has issued an order containing emergency directives related to COVID-19. The order replaces the expired ord…
With questions swirling around the COVID-19 vaccine, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a panel discussion with community health expert…
AppHealthCare has launched a COVID-19 vaccine interest form for anyone interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Anyone can fill out the f…
BOONE — Watauga County Schools administrators are working with officials from local emergency management and AppHealthCare to prepare for comm…
HIGH COUNTRY — The winter season in the High Country brings tourists from all around the state and country to come and enjoy the many seasonal…
Two weeks into administering the COVID-19 vaccine, AppHealthCare wants people to not give up on prevention measures as it will take time to ge…
LENOIR — After setting up COVID-19 field hospitals in New York and Italy early in the pandemic, Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse is building a ne…
RALEIGH — State officials continued the call for North Carolina residents to remain vigilant in the fight against COVID-19.
At the end of what AppHealthCare Health Director Jennifer Greene calls a long year, some are starting to see the light at the end of the tunne…
RALEIGH — In response to the dramatic rise in numerous key metrics due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper annou…
BOONE — Appalachian Regional Healthcare is reemphasizing the need for community members to be “socially responsible to each other” while the h…