August 9, 2025 Heralded as “one of the best FloydFests ever” by Across-the-Way Productions’ Chief Operating Officer and ...

August 6, 2025 The Avery County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the selection of Victoria Bowman as the ...

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, will once again ...

August 12, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Read more ...

Known for their superior craftsmanship, these Amish men drew a number of onlookers during their recent visit to Boone. Photo by Sherrie Norris By Sherrie Norris The Amish have long been known and ...

June 3, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Read more ...

Few of us are old enough to remember the heartbreak of the Great Depression, with its gaunt families living in cars, roaming in search of work, but we have seen the photos. I hope the Great ...

Horace “Ed” William Edmisten, 97, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2025, in Seminole, Florida. Born December 26, 1927, in Watauga County, North Carolina, Ed was the son of the late Fred and ...

Holy Cross Church circa 1926 One hundred years ago, in 1925, the Episcopal faith community in and around Valle Crucis laid the foundation for the stone church and built a new spiritual home for ...

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February 27, 2023 Tester Dairy Farm in Zionville has been around for several generations and today is the only Grade A Dairy Farm in the area, sending out a tanker full of milk every other day ...