Avery Deputies and Elk Park officers, trying to serve an arrest warrant at an Elk Park residence last Wednesday were supplied information about another location where a meth lab might be located, and going there, were overwhelmed with the noxious fumes of ammonia Full Story

Today, Governor Pat McCrory announced financial assistance is available for those who suffered damages from the severe thunderstorms and flooding that struck the mountains January 30. The aid is the result of the Governor’s request for a disaster declaration by the U.S. Small Business Administration Full Story

Issues will cross agendas in meetings of the Watauga County Commission and Boone Town Council this week, including watershed issues on the Commission agenda that pertain to the South Fork of the New River on the Ashe Line, and Boone Housing standards that the Watauga Commission Full Story

A fire alarm was pulled just after 6am Saturday February 16th after shots were fired inside a Boone Apartment causing both Police and Fire to be dispatched. Boone Fire, Police Officers, and Watauga County Sheriff’s Officers responded to 451 Yosef Drive after reports of shots being fired, Full Story

There were five transported from a Friday night wreck after three were pinned in the two vehicles involved in a major crash in far Western Watauga County.  Two SUV’s collided just before 8pm on US 421 at Vanderpool Road, and arriving Cove Creek First Responders called for Watauga Rescue Full Story