In 2021, recognizing the large number of Boone festival goers regularly attending FloydFest he dreamed up “The BooneBeam”, a ...

Today in the United State no federal statute mandates that a private business, person, or an organization must accept ...

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

Boone attorney and chairman of the Watauga County Board of Elections communicated his resignation to Sam Hayes, Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. According to his resignation ...

This is one of the few tools available to us to check for noncitizens on our voter rolls,” Hayes said. “We are pleased to follow the letter of the law outlined in North Carolina’s Constitution and to ...

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

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 ...

Contest. Market visitors gathered around the judging table to admire a lineup of beautiful, creative pies and to cheer on local bakers who captured the spirit of the season in every slice.

May 29, 2025 During the May 28, 2025, Boone Town Council meeting, the Council announced that Daniel Duckworth has been selected as the new Chief of Police for the Boone Police Department. Chief ...

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 ...

Dema Ann Aldridge Spann, born on May 26, 1935, in Watauga County, passed away peacefully. She was the daughter of Everette and Lottie Perkins Aldridge. Dema graduated from Cove Creek High School and ...

Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk has begun work on a community and sustainability project considered vital in multiple ways to the school, town and region–the dredging of the Historic Mill Pond on its ...