North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan is cosponsoring legislation that will help to permanently protect some of America’s premier public lands and shield more than 150,000 acres of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests from development.

While the country is torn over healthcare reform, North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan gave High Country Radio an update about when a reform bill can be expected to be brought before Congress.

While operations have been suspended for the season at the Hayes Performing Arts Center, a new theatre company will be bringing performing arts back to Blowing Rock.

Watauga High principal Michael Wyant has announced that with the resignation of one assistant prinipal there will be some personnel changes.

Local relief organization Wine to Water’s president, Doc Hendley, will be featured on the Anderson Cooper program tonight on CNN as one of the network’s top 10 heroes.

Watauga County authorities continue to search for the two men who robbed the Blue Ridge Savings Bank on Highway 105 in Boone several weeks ago at gunpoint.

Seasonal flu shots are now available and area health officials are urging residents to get their flu shots early.

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx joined a bipartisan group of Representatives that is calling on Congress to post all major legislation and conference reports online for 72 hours before the House takes a vote.

The High Country Toy Run will be held this weekend at the Boone Mall parking lot.

The Watauga Humane Society will hold their Dog Jog fundraiser this weekend at the Watauga County Parks and Recreation Complex.

Law enforcement agencies, the North Carolina District Attorney’s Office, and Watauga County Schools are teaming up to put an end to drivers passing stopped school buses within Watauga County.

Watauga County authorities are looking for the person or people who have been stealing gas from residents’ vehicles.

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for many areas of the High Country tonight.

A Mountain Electric employee is in the burn center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center this afternoon after suffering from a shock this morning while working in the Old Beech Mountain community.

The National Forests in North Carolina have named a new District Ranger for the Grandfather Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest.

High Country Radio News Director, Adam Hicks, was featured as a news correspondent on the Nancy Grace program on CNN’s Headline News last night.

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office announced the missing Mooresville girls and their adoptive father have been found in Smith County, Tennessee.

The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office said they were contacted by the Avery County Sheriff’s Office in regard to a man of interest who is eluding Avery authorities.

Appalachian State’s student-run radio station, 90.5 WASU-FM, has made the first two cuts and is now one of 25 other college radio stations vying for MTV’s Woodie Award.

State Representative Cullie Tarleton was named to the Legislative Study Commission on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure.

Senator Kay Hagan and Senator Amy Klobauchar, of Minnesota, introduced a bill to congress last Friday that is designed to keep boost attendance at public middle schools.

Blue Ridge Electric Corporation held its Community Leaders Council Business Dinner Tuesday night in Boone.  The featured speaker was North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton who commented on the state of Western North Carolina's economy.

Boone authorities have released a composite sketch of one of the suspects believed to have broken into the C building of AppSouth Apartments over the weekend.

High Country Radio News Director, Adam Hicks, is scheduled to serve as a correspondent on Headline News’ Nancy Grace program tonight.

Did you know that come Oct. 1, that will be illegal to throw plastic bottles in the trash can?

Two of High Country Radio’s six stations have adjusted their programming lineups.

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the Town of Boone over $12,500 to improve police communication by increasing radio coverage throughout the town.

The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office continues to look into the death of Kenneth Damien Pearman, the Appalachian State freshman who passed away last week.