5:12 p.m. - Boone authorities are looking for the person who has been shooting out the same window at the Boone Saloon with a BB gun.

1:43 p.m. - Western Colorado is very similar to Western North Carolina in many ways.

1:07 p.m. - The High Country Association of Realtors donated more than $26,700 to the community in 2009.

11:49 a.m. - Watauga High School’s DECA club will team up with Makoto’s Japanese Steakhouse tonight to raise money for Wine to Water’s work in Haiti.

9:02 a.m. - After addressing several of the area’s chambers of commerce Monday, Governor Bev Perdue stopped by Boone’s international relief ministry, Samaritan’s Purse.

11:20pm - Title game of the Southern Conference Tournament lived up to the hype of any "major" conference championship.

5:22 p.m. - After a kitchen fire caused $400,000 in damages to Boone’s Peddler Restaurant in December, the business hopes to reopen its doors Wednesday.

4:46 p.m. - North Carolina’s governor addressed several area chambers of commerce this afternoon at the Watauga County Commissioners’ Chamber in downtown Boone.

9:13 a.m. - After a gorgeous weekend, officials at the National Weather Service are still not predicting any snow for the High Country in their seven-day forecast.

9:08 a.m. - Governor Bev Perdue is coming to Boone today to address several chamber of commerces.

8:51 a.m. - The High Country Association of Realtors named Patrick Morgan the Realtor of the Year.

8:49 a.m. - A Hickory man faces several charges after authorities believe he bound a woman, slashed her with a box blade, and raped her early Saturday morning.

10:27 p.m. - A career night for Kellen Brand lifted App State over College of Charleston with a 77-52 score and advanced the Mountaineers to Monday night’s SoCon championship game.

10:33 a.m. - The Watauga High baseball team shook off a tough loss Friday night at North Davidson in a big way.

9:50 a.m. - The West Caldwell High men's basketball team marched its way into the Class 2A state finals Saturday night by staving off Smokey Mountain 57-53 in the regional finals down in Greensboro.

8:51 a.m. - The Appalachian State men's and women's basketball teams both advanced on Saturday by winning their quarter-final games at the Southern Conference tournament in Charlotte.

2:11 p.m. - Several Latin American nations are rallying behind Chile in their response their earthquake disaster.

1:44 p.m. - Kids’ Market Children’s Consignment Sale is Thursday through Saturday, March 25th – 29th, with Half Price Day on Monday, March 29th.

11:11 a.m. - The high school basketball season is rapidly winding down. And our region of the state still has some teams competing for a state championship.

9:57 a.m. - The Watauga High baseball team suffered its first loss of the year Friday night.

9:03 a.m. - ALLEGHANY COUNTY, N.C. --An ice climber who fell to his death Thursday along the Blue Ridge Parkway has been identified as a Boone man. 

(Photo from Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation-facebook)

8:20 a.m. - But watch out below...these icicles could let go at any time!

10:49 p.m. - Former Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers has agreed to a six-year, free-agent deal with the Chicago Bears.

10:25 p.m. - The Appalachian State men's basketball team will play The Citadel in the semi-final round of the Southern Conference Tournament Saturday night down in Charlotte.

5:30 p.m. - Ashe County Schools will run their regular school schedule for Saturday school tomorrow.

5:23 p.m. - Before Governor Bev Perdue visits the High Country next week, she made a pit stop in the foothills where she announced that a national food products manufacturer would bring 500 jobs to Catawba County.

1:59 p.m. - For the first time in at least a half a century, the incumbent Ashe County Sheriff is running unopposed in an election.

12:51 p.m. - The Watauga Storm 12u 6th grade boys won the Go Hard or Go Home basketball tournament in Elizabethton, TN. this past weekend. The Storm went 5-0 through the tournament and had the #1 seed going in to the championship game against the #2 seed, Greenville Devils, winning that game 42-37.