February 4, 2026 After missing last week's race do to the brutal weather conditions, SMARL was back out on the slopes this ...

By Bob Garver Did you know that getting stranded on a deserted island has a way of shaking up social hierarchies? I suppose that was a big part of the plot for recent Best Picture Oscar nominee ...

January 8, 2026 Boone, NC – January 8, 2026 -“Each of these businesses hold high the value of community partnerships,” said David Jackson, President/CEO of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. “While ...

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 ...

With Christmas just a couple of weeks away, the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office alongwith WAMY Community Action and Watauga County Project on Aging are trying to make the holiday season a little ...

The Blowing Rock police department has been investigating possible solutions to help with the enforcement of parking violations for over a year. They determined that they needed to hire parking ...

This firm represents Blowing Rock Civic Association (hereinafter “BRCA”). This letter is in response to a letter from Joseph A. Amoroso entitled “Blowing Rock Civic Association Pretends to Have Your ...

Boone, NC – After a 30 year effort, Blue Ridge Conservancy is thrilled to announce the purchase of 74 acres on Howard Knob, securing the property for hiking, rock climbing, and other public recreation ...

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 ...

The international Christian relief organization has expanded its Hurricane Beryl response to hard-hit Texas along with continuing to operate across three island nations in the Caribbean Samaritan’s ...

What started as a bowl of hearts and a pen has since blossomed into nearly 1,000 notes displaying the prayers, hopes and wishes of people in Blowing Rock. The result of this small, outreaching act ...

This 1758 map, authored by English cartographers Emanuel Bowen and John Gibson, shows the “Apalachaen Mountains” region of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and part of Virginia. According to ...