Community and Business

Local food is now more convenient than ever. Beginning on Thursday, September 30th, 2021 consumers can order local food through the High Country Food Hub’s online marketplace and pick it up at 3 different locations — Downtown Boone, Downtown Blowing Rock, and in Banner Elk.

Chris Petti, wife of the late Dr Al Petti, has honored her husband with a $1 million dollar gift to the Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation.

As the Blue Ridge Mountains begin to burst with fall color, Grandfather Mountain invites leaf-lookers to see the brilliant change from one of the best leaf-looking destinations in the South. Grandfather Mountain is home to myriad species of plants and hardwood trees that range from pumpkin-colored beech trees to blood-red sourwoods and rusty red oaks.

Hailed as “The Carter Family for the Millennial Generation,” the Brooklyn-based bluegrass music trio Damn Tall Buildings takes to the Appalachian Theatre stage for a live, in-person concert on Friday, October 1 at 7:30 pm.

The documentary film, “At the Ready,” provides an inside perspective of high school seniors as they participate in a law enforcement education program aimed at training future police and border officers.

  1. Watauga Republican Women To Meet September 29
  2. Frank And Kay Golf Classic Set For September 27
  3. Op-Ed: Footing the Bill for Broadband Shouldn’t Fall to Blue Ridge Energy Members
  4. App Theatre Launches Cinema Classics Series on September 19 Celebrate “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” with a Highly-Treasured Film