November 25, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and ...

Designers, businesses and groups of individuals are hanging ornaments trimming evergreens with garland and ribbon, decorating ...

Right now, the health care system is shifting, and our market is experiencing immense volatility. It will take partnerships and new ideas to meet this moment,” said Tunde Sotunde, MD, CEO of Blue ...

This project has been years in the making, and it stands as a testament to what collaboration can achieve,” stated Boone mayor Tim Futrelle. Read more ...

Happy faces filled the slopes at Sugar Ski Resort on Tuesday as snow sports lovers got an early start to the season. Sugar Mountain Ski Resort opened on Tuesday, November 11 for the 2025-26 winter ...

Louis Allen Ray (Allen), 75, of Marion, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on October 27. Born on July 10, 1950, in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Allen lived a life defined by service, curiosity, and a ...

To the Watauga County Board of Education and Superintendent, I hope this letter finds you well. I have lived in Watauga County for nearly fifty years. I grew up here, attended Hardin Park and Watauga ...

Mixed precipitation is expected tonight. Periods of snow expected Monday and Monday night. A light glaze of ice possibly Sunday night. Total snow accumulations up to 3 inches through Monday night, ...

• Plus: Access to customer service, booking contacts, vendor info, volunteer info … and more! “It’s amazing that we are here, ready to start the journey home to FloydFest once again,” said John ...

BOONE, NC – Common Cause North Caolina, Watauga County Voting Rights Taskforce and a group of citizens, including former members of the Watauga County Board of Commissioners, filed a lawsuit in ...

How is it that Halloween of 2025 couldn’t give us a better horror movie than “Black Phone 2”? It’s not that I’m shocked that a Halloween horror movie is a disappointment. I’m just shocked that we got ...

After completing 8 years as mayor, a business owner in Blowing Rock and a local taxpayer I feel that we are finishing another fantastic year in our town of Blowing Rock and I want to recognize those ...