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Appalachian Healthcare Foundation Receives Donation from Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Last Updated on December 10, 2025 1:24 pm In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels presented a check for $3,720 to the Appalachian Healthcare Foundation. Giving back to help a cause that’s close to the hearts of customers and employees is what “Fueling the Fight” and its signature pink …

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How to Watch and Listen to Watauga State Championship Game

Last Updated on December 10, 2025 11:03 am The Watauga Pioneers will face Middle Creek in the NCHSAA 4A State Championship game on Friday, December 12th at 4:00 PM at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. For fans who cannot make the trip to Chapel Hill, here are the options to follow the historic game: Listen …

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Winter Weather Advisory including Watauga & Ashe – December 10, 2025

Last Updated on December 10, 2025 6:38 am NCZ001-018-101600-/O.EXA.KRNK.WW.Y.0022.251210T1800Z-251211T1500Z/Ashe-Watauga-Including the cities of Boone and West Jefferson119 AM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10AM EST THURSDAY… WHAT…Snow and blowing snow. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. WHERE…Ashe …

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App State fall commencement ceremonies are Dec. 12

Last Updated on December 9, 2025 4:22 pm BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University will recognize fall 2025 graduates during commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 12. Ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus. During the events, graduates will walk across the …

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BOONE HOLIDAY PARADE SET FOR SATURDAY EVENING

Last Updated on December 9, 2025 4:15 pm The annual Town of Boone Holiday Parade will take place Saturday, December 13 at 6:00 p.m. in downtown Boone. Families are invited to find a spot along King Street to watch floats, cars, marchers, and performers light up downtown decked out in their festive best. Free hot …

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High Country Snowfall Reports: Up to 7 Inches in Watauga County

Last Updated on December 9, 2025 3:27 pm The National Weather Service has released official snowfall totals from the winter storm that impacted the High Country on December 7-9, 2025. Multiple locations in Watauga County reported 7 inches of snow, with significant accumulations across Ashe and Avery Counties as well. Watauga County Watauga County saw …

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Woman Killed in Wrong-Way Collision on US 421 in Wilkes County

Last Updated on December 8, 2025 11:11 am WILKESBORO – On Thursday, December 4th at approximately 11:50 p.m., The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision on US 421, in Wilkes County. A 2014 Ford Taurus was traveling the wrong way, Southbound in the Northbound lanes of US 421 and …

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NCSHP Member Involved in Shooting with Armed Individual

Last Updated on December 8, 2025 11:06 am RALEIGH — On Saturday, December 6, at 4:21 p.m., a member of the State Highway Patrol was dispatched to a collision on Grace Chapel Rd. in Granite Falls(Caldwell County). Prior to the member’s arrival, it was reported by first responders on the scene that an involved party was armed …

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