The Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman on Aug. 11 on a charge of murder in the stabbing death of her husband ...

NASCAR introduced another innovative national series schedule as the 2026 slates were announced today (Wednesday) for the ...

In April 1775 — just days before the Revolutionary War broke out at Lexington and Concord — North Carolina’s royal governor, Josiah Martin, disbanded the colonial legislature, of which Johnston was a ...

On Aug. 15, the National Park Service reopened eight miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 221.8 to 229.7 south of ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service will host a workshop focused on best practices and strategies to improve the quality ...

The Blue Ridge Conservancy Board of Trustees on Tuesday announced the hiring of David Ray as the organization’s executive ...

Name a novel by a North Carolina writer about a fictional author who traveled abroad and struggled with returning to the complexities of American culture?

The bill leaves room for exceptions to the cellphone law, including if a device is needed in accordance with a student’s individualized education plan or to manage a student’s health care and for ...

As of Tuesday, authorities were looking for a man on charged resulting from a motor vehicle chase Monday that began in Watauga County and ended with the pursued vehicle wrecking ...

As of July 1, all types of pre-existing volunteers in the Wilkes County Schools must reapply to become a volunteer for the 2025-26 school year due to the use of ...

The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data ...

First-year and returning Appalachian State University students began moving into residence halls in Boone on Aug. 12 in ...