News
On Christmas day the Avery County Sheriff’s Office began investigating several crimes that would soon be linked together.
A fire destroyed a doublewide trailer in the Stoney Fork community last Thursday night.
The N.C. Education Lottery is issuing a new warning to players to buy lottery tickets only from authorized lottery retailers after receiving additional reports of a scam involving scratch-off tickets altered to appear as a “winning ticket.”
Read more: Education Lottery Issues Scratch-off Scam Warning
Local Realtors distributed more than $14,000 to more than a dozen area organizations in 2018, continuing a tradition of community philanthropy.
Read more: Local Realtors Donate More Than $14,000 To Community
The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested the N.C. Department of Insurance increase homeowners' insurance rates 17.4 percent effective Oct. 1, 2019. The N.C. Rate Bureau represents the state's insurance companies and is a separate entity from the N.C. Department of Insurance.
Read more: NC Rate Bureau Requests Rate Increase For Homeowners' Insurance
Two people were injured in a car rollover accident last Thursday.
Several High Country counties are on a flood watch from 7 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. Saturday.
2018 has been the wettest year on record in Boone.
New River State Park expanded about 270 acres after receiving a $1.8 million Christmas gift from New River Conservancy.
2018 will end with the lowest gas prices of the year.
Glen Burney Trail in Blowing Rock will get a new bridge next year.