A job fair focused on hiring military veterans is coming to the Bojangles Coliseum on Independence Boulevard in Charlotte Thursday.

President and Founder of Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse, Franklin Graham, will be meeting next week with high-level government officials and visiting his ministry’s humanitarian assistance projects in North Korea.

Investigators believe a robbery that occurred over the summer in Catawba County could be part of a gang initiation.

The Motor Racing Network will be broadcasting one of their programs live from Wilkes County next Tuesday.

State officials have been meeting with high school students to discuss the dangers of texting while driving.

Senator Kay Hagan will appear on Larry King Live tonight.

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect who allegedly kidnapped a grandmother from the Sawmills community, forced her to drive to Sylva, stabbed her twice, and left her in the woods.

Appalachian State University officials are warning residents of a possible scam.

An Appalachian State instructor is exploring Brazil’s biofuel industry and is working to apply their advances to local projects.

With Appalachian State’s homecoming football game coming up on Saturday, there are several special events occurring this weekend in Boone.

Jewelry and handbags will be on sale for $5 next month as part of a fundraiser for Cannon Memorial Hospital.

The Todd New River Festival will be held this Saturday at the Walter and Annie Cook Memorial Park in beautiful downtown Todd.

Wofford College football coach Mike Ayers has announced that running back Eric Breitenstein will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury.

As we previously reported, North Carolina residents must now recycle plastic bottles according to a new state law that went into affect at the beginning of the month.

Senator Kay Hagan released a statement honoring two soldiers who were stationed in North Carolina and were killed in Afghanistan.

WBTV Charlotte is celebrating 60 years of broadcasting this year and as part of their 60th anniversary, they will hold a live remote broadcast from App State’s Kidd Brewer Stadium Friday.

An Appalachian State student teacher was charged with engaging in a sexual act and taking indecent liberties with a student at East Wilkes High School, where authorities say he was working.

Another comicon will be held in Boone on Saturday, and this one will not only feature comic books, but music memorabilia and Star Wars impersonators.

A benefit motorcycle ride will be held this weekend to benefit a Watauga County resident who suffered a sudden stroke last month.

Senator Kay Hagan says she’s optimistic about the economy in North Carolina and explained she believes the recent federal stimulus package has had a lot to do with the economic turnaround.

Although the property purchase hasn’t closed, the historic Green Park Inn is under contract with a group from Charlotte.

The Walmart location in Watauga Village Shopping Center on Blowing Rock Road in Boone is expanding.

Salisbury-based grocer, Food Lion, has made an offer to buy the majority of one of its competitors’, BI-LO’s, chains.

Hardin Park Elementary School administrators had to make good on bets made to students when Hardin Park was able to raise over 2,000 cans of food for the Hunger Coalition.

Watauga County’s public transportation system, AppalCart, reported record ridership again last month.

A Wilkes County man passed away Saturday night after he wrecked his pickup truck on Highway 16 just north of Wilkesboro.

After an overtime win against The Citadel, the Mountaineers moved up one place in The Sports Network Poll to #9.

Authorities are still investigating a wreck involving a semi truck that happened yesterday afternoon on Highway 321 South just before the foot of the mountain where the highway widens to four lanes.