Firefighters battled a structure fire that destroyed a church on Sunday. The blaze, at 479 Grassy Creek Road, consumed the ...

The Watauga County Schools System has sent out communications regarding an anonymous tip regarding a potential threat of violence, specific to Watauga High School for Monday. Below is the email sent ...

The driver of the F-150, Darrell Dean Kilby, 47, of Millers Creek, was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the F-250, Kenneth Marshall Speece II, 55, of ...

On September 9, the National Park Service reopened seven miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 241.1, just south of Doughton Park and The Bluffs restaurant, to milepost 248.1, at NC 18 near ...

Perhaps best known for his civic involvement, Wilmoth served on the Boone Town Council from 1973 to 1975 and as Mayor of ...

Town of Boone, North Carolina— Amy Davis, the Town of Boone’s current Town Manager, has announced her retirement, effective December 2025. Mrs. Davis has faithfully served the Town of Boone for over ...

BOONE, NC - After awarding grants to over 200 businesses in its previous funding rounds, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation has reopened applications for its Hope for the High Country: ...

2024 Watauga County Tourism Impact Highlights: Taxes generated by visitor spending represent a tax savings of $656.22 per resident. The travel and tourism industry employs more than 3,016 people in ...

At approximately 3:30 on Wednesday, September 3 rd a call came in to Watauga County Communications reporting a structure fire at the 4000 block of Wildcat Rd. The single occupant at the residence was ...

On August 29, the National Park Service announced completion of a landslide repair project located at milepost 422, near Devil’s Courthouse. Completion of this project restores continuous access to ...

Boone – On Tuesday, September 2, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Watauga County on North Pine Run Road near Moses Spring Road ...

necessary to accommodate a directional bore for a new water line and will remain in effect until this phase of construction is complete. Visitors to the Complex Ball Fields are asked to park in the ...