October 21, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and ...

The Watauga County Farmers’ Market celebrated the flavors of fall during its annual AppleFEST this past Saturday, highlighted by the ever-popular Apple Pie Contest. Market visitors gathered around the ...

Sept. 24, 2012. A man convicted in 1981 in the shooting deaths of two men on a Yadkin County farm in 1980 escaped from the prison farm he was working at on Sunday morning and is still on the loose.

The Amish have long been known and respected for their workmanship, and many of us have seen them in their element while visiting Ohio’s Holmes County and the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area. But, to see ...

Boone, NC – The Watauga County Republican Party (GOP) held its annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner and fundraiser at Appalachian State University’s Grandview Ballroom on September 20. A VIP reception began ...

ackie Greene Adams (79), daughter of Robert Jack Greene and Faye Brown Greene, passed away on May 25, 2025 after a brave struggle with multiple health issues. Jackie was proud of her mountain heritage ...

VALLE CRUCIS, NC – The October 18 Valle Country Fair (VCF) will be the swan song for BBQ Booth chairs Mike and Debbie Galleher, as the 2025 festival will be the last in their 31-year run as members of ...

We all want free, fair and open elections, but recent events have raised concerns about whether that goal is attainable. For instance, in 2020 a Florida lawyer temporarily moved to Georgia for 30 days ...

There are times when certain people come into your life, and you truly feel blessed by their presence. That certainly was the case with Shawn Clark. To meet Shawn was to be overwhelmed by a genuine, ...

My older brother, Dick (nicknamed “P.B.”… my middle name is Scott ), was killed by a drunk driver the day after Christmas, 1971. We had been living in Atlanta, where he had a shoe store and I was ...

Partners on the new initiative include school districts in Watauga, Caldwell and Catawba counties Pictured at the Spring Symposium Partner Meeting, held in April at App State Hickory, are faculty, ...

Gaither Hamilton Cooke, 80, passed away September 10, 2025, at Frye Medical Center, Hickory, NC. Gaither was born November 18,1944, to Rev. Robert Clell Cook and Velma McLean Cook in Boone, North ...