WATA, with its stations AM 1450 and FM 96.5, has been the High Country’s source for local news, weather and sports since 1950. Station leaders began a conversation during summer 2024 about bringing ...

Appalachian State University is hosting free community Aging Academy events on its Boone and Hickory campuses this winter and spring. Each event features expert speakers who will address relevant ...

Today marks the launch of High Country Printing and Signs, an innovative printing and signage company committed to ...

Louisiana-based bands New Orleans Suspects and Tribal Gold are among the acts headlining the 2025 lineup for the Boonerang ...

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, housed within AppHealthCare, recently received a national breastfeeding award ...

Matt Leonard of Ski Country Sports said it was good to be back out on the race course at Sugar Mountain this past Monday ...

This is the third in a series of articles covering the long, rich history of the Springhaven Inn, built in 1888 in Blowing ...

Tom O’Brien, who has been President of the Blowing Rock Historical Society (BRHS) for the last several years, resigned at the Blowing Rock Historical Society’s December Board meeting, due to health ...

The Southern Appalachian Historical Association (SAHA) is thrilled to announce plans for the 2025 season of “Horn in the West ...

Wednesday, January 29, 2025, marks the annual homeless Point-in-Time Count. The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, coordinated by the Northwest N.C. Continuum of Care (CoC), is the annual documentation of the ...

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has lined up an inspiring slate of events for the coming months. This year’s calendar kicks ...

A celebration of life to honor the memory of beloved coach, Jack Groce, who died Friday, January 17, at the age of 95, is ...