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

Watauga County Farmers’ Market has been voted No. 1 in North Carolina in American Farmland Trust’s 2026 America’s Favorite Farmers Market competition. With 2,222 votes, the market also placed among ...

The 69th Annual Farm City Banquet will be held on Thursday, November 5th, at 6:00PM at the Boone United Methodist Church. According to the late RG Shipley, who helped organize the first Farm City ...

By Bob Garver The title “Other Mommy” is misleading. The villainous demon haunting 8-year-old Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) can take any form, including her father (Jay Duplass), her babysitter (Sean ...

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced her plans to seek reelection in 2026 in North Carolina’s 5 th Congressional District on Friday. “There’s no shortage of work to be done as we restore our ...

John Michael (Mike) Overcash, 70, passed away on October 1, 2026, after a brief illness. He was born on May 24,1956, to the late Johnson William Overcash and Jacqueline Ann O’Quinn in Opelika, Alabama ...

find jams, jellies, and baked goods as well as lunch on Friday. A Silent Auction with unique antiques and better furniture will accept bids on Friday until 6:00pm. Saturday brings the famous “BAG SALE ...

Once nearly a million dollar home, the property now sits vacant with the front doors chained and locked. Black paint is peeling from every side of the house and several windows have been shattered.

Wallace James Martin, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed peacefully on September 6, 2026, at Glenbridge Healthcare in Boone. Born on December 15, 1950 in Boone, Wallace was the only child ...

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 ...

Blowing Rock, NC – With combined votes reported from Watauga and Caldwell counties, Doug Matheson and Wayne Miller were elected to serve as members of the Blowing Rock Town Council. Each will serve ...