Carolina in the Fall Music and Food Festival, the fourth annual celebration of music, food and mountain tradition, takes place September 21-22 in historic downtown Wilkesboro.

Read more: Countdown Underway For Carolina In The Fall Festival

Grandfather Mountain has an elite team of rangers, dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the park’s numerous ecological communities — and the flora and fauna that call them home.

But they can’t do it alone.

Read more: Grandfather Mountain Hosts Junior Ranger Day

The public is invited to take part in an autism conference presented by the Hub for Autism and Neurodiversity, a program of the Blue Cross of North Carolina Institute for Health and Human Services and the Innovative Approaches Initiative at the Appalachian District Health Department.

Read more: Alliance Bible Fellowship To Host Autism Awareness Conference

The unofficial kick-off of autumn in the High Country is right around the corner – the Fall Bazaar at Boone United Methodist Church.

Read more: Annual Fall Bazaar Returns To Boone UMC