October 16, 2024 Avery County Government has updated statistics and related information daily about the destruction Hurricane ...

October 8, 2024 Town of Boone, N.C.- The Town of Boone would like to inform the public of the debris removal system that is ...

October 10, 2024 Avery County and the Town of Banner Elk remain under a State of Emergency due to the extensive flooding and wind damage caused by Hurricane Helene.  Messages received here may not be ...

October 11, 2024 The Watauga County Farmers’ Market successfully reopened on Saturday, October 5th, after much uncertainty following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. While the market space ...

On Sunday afternoon the Banner Elk donation center was a hotbed of activity. Situated in the old Historic Banner Elk School, the Resource Center has been the place where local volunteers have been ...

October 11, 2024 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approached the Town of Boone about using the Daniel Boone Parking Lot at 591 Horn in West Drive as a temporary staging area for all FEMA ...

October 9, 2024 Avery County Government has updated statistics and related information about the destruction Hurricane Helene caused when it swept through the area nearly two weeks ago.  The totals ...

The entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway remains closed as emergency stabilization efforts and damage assessments continue in the wake of significant, and in some areas catastrophic, damage from ...

It is with pure heartbreak that I bring you the official decision that the 47 th Annual Woolly Worm Festival has been cancelled. The main goal for this year’s festival was to connect our ...

Classes are canceled on the App State Boone and Hickory campuses and Adverse Weather Condition 3 (Closure) is in effect through 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. With Fall Break, classes will resume no ...

Lenoir, North Carolina (Saturday, 2:30 pm – October 5, 2024) – Work continues this Saturday, as over 500 line technicians, along with tree and grading contractors, continue 24/7 power ...

If you’re getting tired of still trying to turn on the lights instead of a headlamp in your dark house—if you’re lucky enough to have a headlamp—take a deep breath. The constant thump of ...