LMC Women’s Basketball Signs Four for 2015-16 Season: BANNER ELK, N.C. — Taylor Fluette, Martha Mastin, Markia Stacey and Tori Wright have signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Lees-McRae and play women’s basketball in the 2015-16 season, announced head…

We began our 2015 Best Towns competition with a bracket of 64 favorites, then let you vote until one dream burg emerged. Here, we present the 16 finalists—the places you say are the top spots in the country to work,…

Watauga County’s blue mountains and shady creeks invite visitors to slow down, soak up its natural beauty and have some fun. The county, formed by an 1849 legislative act from parts of Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell and Yancey counties, covers 313…

1) Mayview Madness 5K Set for Sept. 19 The 2014 running of the Stick Boy Mayview Madness drew more than 320 preregistered runners, ages 3 to 84, including more than 60 under 13. This year’s event takes place here on…

A group representing dozens of counties, municipalities and businesses has formed to oppose a controversial change in how sales tax revenues are distributed among counties. The “Alliance For A Prosperous North Carolina” sent a two-page letter to legislators blasting the…

1) Tourism Resource Training for Local Businesses on Aug. 27 Visit North Carolina’s Tourism Resource Assistance Center (TRAC), a community-based training program designed to help small tourism-related businesses, will be here Thursday, August 27th from 10 am – 2 pm…

On Oct. 2, 2013, a trio of state inspectors traveled to the site of the proposed Two Elk Power Plant near Wright to see how construction of the long-planned facility was progressing.  The group, from the Department of Environmental Quality,…

Jutting nearly 6,000 feet skyward, it’s a crow’s nest for the more ambitious hikers traipsing the alpine spine of North Carolina’s Grandfather Mountain, a geologic old-timer birthed some 730 million years ago. It’s part of the Southern Appalachian chain that…

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum is hosting a monthly Summer Storytelling series beginning in June, one Saturday per month from 10-11 a.m. Three professional storytellers from North Carolina will take us on a voyage from traditional tales of English…

 Purchase Photos Close Email–> Print–> QR Favorite Font Size: RALEIGH — The “Sales Tax Fairness Act” proposed by N.C. Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown as a way to direct revenue to rural counties was on the minds of community leaders…