Community and Business

The rate of health disparities in the Appalachian region is higher than the rest of the United States.

If you want to make a Crossnore foster child's Christmas dreams come true, you can donate to the Polar Express train ride for children living on the Winston-Salem campus of Crossnore, at Crossnore.org/Donate.

Agricultural producers now can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2020 crop year.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month., and for the second year, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) along with many other High Country businesses and organizations, have adopted a Together We Fight approach to breast cancer.

Grandfather Mountain can bear-ly stand the excitement, because Oct. 26 marks the nonprofit nature park’s annual Beary Scary Halloween celebration.

  1. Caldwell Hospice Hosts Annual "Living with Grief" Program November 1st
  2. High Country Turkey Trot 5k this Thanksgiving in Boone
  3. 29th Annual Oktoberfest Celebration at Sugar Mountain Resort This Weekend
  4. Woolly Worm Round Up October 18th Is Buying Woolly Worms