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BLOWING ROCK — The cause of a Tuesday afternoon fire in Blowing Rock is under investigation. According to Blowing Rock Fire ...

Groundhog Coffee opened on April 12 at Boone Heights Shopping Center. Co-owner Conor Lowrey, 19, said he was drawn to running ...

Tai-chi instructors and students in the High Country celebrated their achievements in fall prevention during a feel-good ...

The Watauga County Board of Education heard updates on the inclement weather policy working groups and the new Valle Crucis ...

On a recent visit to Watauga High School, U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R) toured the Watauga Innovation Academy (WIA) ...

A field full of bright plastic eggs, chocolate bunnies, and the laughter of excited kids signaled the return of a favorite ...

When a person develops substance addiction to alcohol or opioids, it is because the brain has started to change, which ...

Desperate Ugandans are using poison to kill thousands of migrating white storks and other protected birds because they have ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that Washington has "no currency targets" in its talks with Japan on ...

Fourteen months after the deadliest storm in Philippine history, Pope Francis stood on a rain-swept stage to deliver a ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday played up prospects of a "fair deal" on trade with China, but his top officials ...