A fatal plane crash occurred at Avery County Airport on Friday morning around 11:45 a.m. The pilot was identified as 75-year-old James Perry Webb of Bakersville, North Carolina.

On Wednesday, October 22, at around 7 a.m., NC State Highway Patrol responded to a fatal collision on NC 16 near Grindstone Lane in Wilkes County. A northbound 2018 Honda CR-V crossed the centerline ...

Tri-County Paving LLC, of West Jefferson, earned the $1.7 million contract to realign the southern end of Old Shulls Mill Road to connect with N.C. 105 at a 90-degree angle. The realignment will ...

Acrobatics. Music. Magic. Afrique en Cirque Live at the Schaefer Center Cirque Kalabanté: Afrique en Cirque’s high-flying acrobatics, jaw-dropping choreography and colorful costumes meet live ...

Call for Entry: 23rd Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Opens at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts BOONE, N.C. — The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) at Appalachian State ...

Dr. Heather Norris was formally installed Friday as the eighth chancellor of Appalachian State University in a ceremony at Holmes Convocation Center. UNC System President Peter Hans presided over the ...

For the past 12 months, the top priority of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has been to help communities in western North Carolina recover and rebuild from the devastation ...

In the 12 months since Hurricane Helene damaged Western North Carolina, Governor Josh Stein’s Commerce Department has launched a new division to put $1.4 billion of federal recovery dollars to work, ...

Beech Mountain Farmers Market The 1st 100 attendees at each market will receive a free market shopping bag. We will have our usual samples and new this year a Farm Petting Zoo! Fresh organic produce, ...

King Street Market is Boones newest weekday farmers market, offering fresh produce, eggs, meats, goat cheese, baked goods and value added foods from local farms, many of which, you won't see anywhere ...

Boone First Friday Art Crawl Check out the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on King Street, as well as the Mazie Jones Gallery in the Jones House Community Center. Art exhibits and wine tastings are ...

A portion of Dewitt Barnett Road (SR 1114) in Watauga County will close later this week as N.C. Department of Transportation crews replace a large culvert.