Sarah Shook The Disarmers is turning Fifth Thomas into a country honky-tonk on Saturday night.(Photo: John Gess/Special to the Democrat)       Last May, I made a special point of catching Sarah Shook The Disarmers during a week-night show…

Virginia “Ginny” Stevens          Photo by Lonnie Webster By Jan Todd Virginia “Ginny” Stevens, a passionate preserver of Blowing Rock history, passed away last Wednesday. Ginny had enormous impact in saving treasures and recording moments that help…

Fishing at Broyhill Lake in last year’s Blowing Rock Trout Derby. Photos by Lonnie Webster By Luke Weir Following a five week restocking period, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will reopen hatchery-supported trout waters Saturday at 7 a.m. In…

It’s a happy day for those who are looking forward to walking or riding their bikes on a safe, 10-ft wide, asphalt path from Blowing Rock to Boone.  The Town of Blowing Rock has been awarded $2 million dollars from…

A train station put the tiny mountain town of West Jefferson, North Carolina on the map. A century later, some hope electric-vehicle charging stations will help keep it there. West Jefferson is among the first communities to benefit from an…

This past week, High Country Soccer Association’s board of directors announced in the club’s weekly newsletter the hiring of the Boone-based soccer club’s first executive director, Rick Suyao. He began his duties on April 1, 2018. “The board wholeheartedly agrees that…

By Jesse Wood The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce held its annual State of the Town in the American Legion building on Monday evening. Interested citizens received updates on the U.S. 321 widening project, the Middle Fork Greenway project, chamber…

I don’t excel at scary things. My friends have given up on inviting me to see horror movies with them, and I’m not one to hightail it to a ghost tour the minute I touch down in a new city.…

The Blowing Rock attraction Blowing Rock, N.C.  – One thousand Americans selected and polled by travel booking web site Expedia have rated Blowing Rock one of the 25 best small towns in the country. Expedia reviewed the feedback and pinpointed the…

Although Lititz was named “America’s coolest small town” in 2013, recent headlines indicate that it will soon be a little less sweet. On Oct. 28 came the announcement that a landmark Lititz plant, the home of Wilbur Chocolate, will close…