Leigh Ann Henion chronicled her journey in her new memoir Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World  The 37-year-old, from Boone, North Carolina, visited Hawaii’s still-burning volcanoes and Sweden’s aurora borealis – among her many adventures  …

Local News Chris Bailey’s weather forecast: Warm, humid air coming our way

Local News Chris Bailey’s weather forecast: Warm, humid air coming our way

As of the first week of March 2015, several states are well into their legislative session.  Committee hearings are underway, and significant legislation has passed both branches of government.  In Massachusetts, however, a fight has been brewing between the House…

Beginning on January 1, 2015, employers in states with Federal OSHA jurisdiction were required to start reporting to OSHA work-related fatalities (that occur within 30 days of the work-related incident) within 8 hours of learning of the fatality, work-related in-patient…

Local News UK team spirit abundant at Keeneland

Fuquay-Varina certainly has a distinctive name, and some might say it has distinctive charm as well. But its motto of “Distinctive Name, Distinctive Charm” could see a change soon, along with its boxy “FV” logo and strategies for tourism, economic…

BOONE COUNTY – A Sheridan woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday morning. The crash occurred on County Roads 650 N and 1200 East near Sheridan a little after 9:00 am. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Melisa…

Wilson(Photo: file) Lamar County Circuit Clerk Leslie Wilson was one of the first to throw his hat in the ring when the qualifying period opened January for the Republican primary. But Wilson said Monday that the move was more a…

Appalachian State University has broadened its counseling services as part of an aggressive campaign to address the deaths of nine enrolled students since September. Two full-time and two part-time professional counselors have been added this year, and two more part-time…