Ashe County received a $52 million state grant, with money raised by the lottery, to help build a new middle school. For details on other ways money raised by the lottery made a difference in Ashe ...

Ashe County Animal Control has issued a rabies alert on Friday (August 15, 2025) “We have received confirmation of rabies activity in our region.”, the alert stated. The alert was for the entire Ashe ...

Latosha Nicole Townsend, age 31, of Blowing Rock was arrested and charged with two counts of Trafficking in Fentanyl. She was placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under a $75,000 secured ...

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Investigators with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Freddie Ray Skeens, 68 y/o from Slabtown Road in ...

EUGENE, Ore.— An Albany, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for sexually abusing a toddler on at least five separate occasions and sharing videos of the abuse online. Kevin Walter Taylor ...

The Town of Boone Sanitary Sewer System had a discharge of untreated wastewater on August 9th, 2025 of an estimated 25,000 gallons at 190 Hardin Street, the site of the old Legends Theatre. The ...

NEWLAND, N.C., Aug. 12, 2025 – The USDA Forest Service will begin work to repair damage caused by Hurricane Helene on the western side of Linville Gorge in the Grandfather Ranger District of the ...

A senior official with the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL), acting under the leadership of Labor Commissioner Luke Farley, has uncovered an illegal mining operation in Western North ...

As children across North Carolina return to school this month, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reminds families that vaccinations are an important part of overall health and ...

As the High Country economy moves through its busy summer tourism period, and as the State of North Carolina reclaims its ranking as the #1 state for business in the United States, the Boone Area ...

CCC&TI’s skilled trade courses include both classroom instruction and hands-on work in the college’s lab facilities that allow students to practice skills and concepts learned in the classroom.